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Man Buys $2 Rice Dumplings Online, Gets Scammed $6,000
AsiaOne | June 21, 2023 | Melissa Te

With the Dragon Boat Festival just around the corner, rice dumplings, also known as bak zhang, are flying off the shelves.

One man surnamed Lin thought that he got his at a good deal at $2 per dumpling, considering that the average price is around $4 these days.

But instead of him being able to save a few dollars, a whopping $6,000 was wiped out from his bank account overnight, reported Shin Min Daily News.

The 43-year-old man reportedly saw a promotion for the dumplings on Facebook and wanted to order 15 pieces.

When he contacted the seller on June 12, they told him that it was more convenient to deal via WhatsApp.

There, the man was sent a link to place his order.

When he clicked on the link, his phone automatically downloaded an app.

[The seller and I] were talking on WhatsApp throughout the whole process. I followed the other party’s instructions step by step. After downloading the app, I set up an account number and password, and then ordered the meat dumplings,”

He downloaded an app that allowed the scammer direct access to his computer. Every keystroke he made, the scammer was watching it. When the guy created a pass code, the scammer immediately changed it, thereby preventing the guy to access the account he created and giving the scammer access to it.

Same thing almost happened to me last fall and I’m the most skeptical person of these scam emails.

Got an email from what looked like ATT yesterday. Fortunately, I always have trouble logging in to my aTT account so when I called the help line, they verified that the email did not come from them.

These scammers are getting so damn smart and technical, they can provide a link to either your pay pal account or bank account that looks identical to the real thing, but it’s not.

Don’t buy your f’ing dumplings online.