34-year-old Ah Boys To Men actor Charlie Goh shared on his Instagram page about how he got scammed on Facebook after he saw a sponsored ad and paid for salmon and wagyu beef but didn’t receive anything.
Goh said that he chanced upon a sponsored ad on Facebook by “Grocery retail” advertising “Top Norwegian Sashimi Salmon”, and he was interested in buying some salmon and beef.
He then paid $160 for an order of salmon and wagyu beef from the Facebook page, which was selling the salmon at $60 for 3kg and $100 for 6kg, which is almost 6 times cheaper than the market price of about $50 to $100 for 1kg of salmon.
Goh then got his neighbour to split the cost for the 3kg salmon with him, before adding another 1kg of wagyu beef into his order, with his total amount coming up to $160.
The “seller” then told him that they would make the delivery on the same day before 6pm.
However, Goh didn’t receive his order, and he tried to get in touch with the Facebook page at about 7pm and realised that they had blocked him.
He added that the page had given him a phone number to make payment via Paylah when he was checking out, and he transferred the money to the number.
He has since lodged a police report over the incident.
On the Paylah account that the scammer gave him, he said that the name is probably fake because the Paylah account name can be changed.
He added that he tried to call the Paylah number but it couldn’t be dialled, as he urged people to not fall for the same scam and to share it around.
