Oh my goodness!!!!!!! Guess who called me this morning?? It's a trickster!!!
This morning my house phone rang and I went to pick it up. The person on the other end did not say anything at first. It was only after I said "Hello" for 2 times then he spoke up, "妈，我出事了” He said it with a crying voice. At that instant, I recalled a newspaper report that was praising a few bank tellers who averted a conning scam for an old lady. Apparently, there was an old lady who received this similar call (he said the same thing! Not creative at all) and the old lady panicked. She was told to transfer money to a bank account to ensure her son's safety. Fortunately, the bank tellers were alert enough to spot that something was amissed and asked the old lady to call her son first. Then they found out that actually her son was at work. Thus, they managed to save the old lady from being cheated.
Back to story, when I recalled the newspaper report, I told the man over the phone that he dialled the wrong number and I hung up the phone. After that, I called my Dad and told him about it. He said that I should play along with the man, pretending that I believe him. Aiyo, why didn't I think of that haha. Anyway, what surprises me is that this conman is still at large. I remember reading about this report some weeks ago lah. Haiz, hope no one is being tricked by him. Everyone please inform your elders at home about this so that they would not get cheated.
