26th Feb @ 4pm
Received a call speaking Mandarin greeting me Ms. Lee and introduced herself as Ms Ho.
Ms Ho: Ms Lee, I am calling from xxx Company and would like to congratulate you that you have won our company second prize drawn on xx/02/09 (forgot the date she told me) live on tele-broadcasted on Asia Channel. Ms Lee has answered our representative's questions earlier that is why your home number was in the draw. So, i am now calling to instruct you how you may claim the prize.
RECAP: Then i remember, yes, i did answer a two simple questions that someone called speaking mandarin as well. The questions were: 1.where do you prefer to shop, online or retail? 2. When purchasing, which factor is most criteria to you? price or quality?
Me: oh, i don't have a pay TV at home so i didn't watch.
Ms Ho: No wonder you didn't call our office to collect the prize, do you know that its a second cash prize at HKD1,500,000.
Me: oo...kkay.... so....
Ms Ho: There are 3 persons who won the second prize and one of them is Ms Lee yourself. One resides in Sydney and one from HK. No wonder you are not as excited as Mr Lim (the one resides in Syndey) watched our program and immediately claimed his prize by calling us. Now he has already received the cash prize.
Me: ic.. okay.. so how to collect the prize?
Ms Ho: To collect the prize, we need to convert the cash to Australia currency as you resides in Aust. However, we need your identification and also your bank account number and details in order to remit the money over.
Me: (hmm.... finally... tats the part !!)
Me: oh.. really.. but how about sending me a cheque is much more convenient.
Ms Ho: we cannot send the cheque as we need lawyer verification and bank and xxx govt sector verification etc.. (can't really catch the whole thing clearly as she was speaking pretty fast)
Me: oh.. about the program you mentioned, where can i watch it again? any repeat?
Ms Ho: no we don't have a repeated showing of the program.
Me: okay..so how about the website?
Ms Ho: oh so sorry, our websites is under constructions.
Background: Lachlan was making noise crying for me
Me: sorry, i am not free at moment, is there number i can call back.
And she gave me a number to call to HK.
27th Feb @ 12.30pm
Ms Ho called again.
Ms Ho: Ms Lee, how are you, I am Ms Ho who called you yesterday now following up on our last conversation. If possible, we can get your details and so we can send the money over to you via bank remittance.
Me: oh, i don't have a bank account.
Ms Ho: oh., is it possible that you open a new bank account?
Me: i am not free to do that as it take some time to process the doc etc..
Ms Ho: There is a time frame in prize collection. we allow one month for prize claimed. Ms Lee, if possible try to open a new account and i shall ring you back few days later.
Me: hmm... okay.
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A friend suggested ignore them completely or just shut the phone.
Another friend suggested get more details from them and call police.
How Lucky i will be if a jackpot of AUD300k is won? haha..but how often it happens? Too many scams and plots nowadays and yet still many ignorant people fall for them.
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