A netizen shared how he paid about $1.7k for an investment course by a “famous investment coach” in Singapore, where he learned nothing.

He shared that almost everything that the coach taught him at the investment course could be found on YouTube for free, and he also lost about $12k in Forex trading.

Here is what he said

“Throughout my 2 years in NS, I managed to save about $10k to $12k by the time I ORDed, and wanted to grow that money through investments.

I knew nothing about investments at the time, and the only thing I knew was *name redacted*, a famous investment expert in Singapore, I’m sure you have heard of him.

So I paid about $1.7k to attend one of his investment courses, where there was a free 3.5 hour seminar about the basics of forex trading and investments in general.

He then later invited us to the “advanced classes” of his investment course that ran for about 4 days, and he said there was a “one time promotional fee” of $1.7k, and that the usual fee was $2k.

And to be honest, personally, I feel like I learned nothing throughout the whole 4 days of the investment course. Half the time he appeared to be talking to himself. Anyway, I later went online and found the same things that he was teaching, was availalable for free on YouTube.

Everything that he taught in the investment course could be found on YouTube, and I could’ve saved that $1.7k…

Anyway long story short, I lose the whole of my NS savings through Forex trading, and I do have some other money in Crypto, but they are in the red now, so my losses could be even worse.”

A pregnant woman who travelled via a ComfortDelGro cab with her two children ended up at the wrong location after a Taxi driver deliberately dropped them at the wrong place and showed them attitude.

The woman’s husband booked a taxi for his wife to Yishun but the taxi driver dropped them off at Toa Payoh after an argument.

Following the story that went viral, ComfortDelgro has responded to the complaint against their Taxi driver and has fired the taxi driver.

Background:

At 9.54pm, I booked a cab for my wife and 2 kids who were at Marsiling to come back home to Yishun using the Comfort Delgro app. A few minutes later, the cab driver, LIM CHYE BENG, called to inform that he has reached the location.

When my wife and kids were walking towards the cab, he lighted his cigarette and told to wait inside the cab while waiting for him to finish smoking. It took him more than 5 minutes to finish smoking before he started driving.

Go via long route

Since it’s not a fixed fare, my wife instructed the driver her preferred route (BKE – SLE – Mandai). However, he suggested via CTE, but my wife declined as it was clearly out of the way. The driver then continued to drive. In the car, my wife was busy handling two sleepy toddlers without being aware of the journey. When the driver reached the expressway, the driver drove passed SLE going towards PIE.

Feeling something was off, my wife checked the map and told the driver “Uncle, I say Yishun. Why you want to go towards Toa Payoh?”. The driver was defensive and lied saying “No, in front there is Mandai” when it was clearly heading towards Lornie Rd/Braddell.

Deliberately drops her off at wrong destination

He then asked my wife “Usually how much you travel from Marsiling to Yishun?”. After my wife said it’s less than $20, he started to get angsty and showed attitude. To my wife’s horror, the driver said “Like that I drop you off at Toa Payoh. You go take another cab, I don’t want to drive you! I wanna go back home I stay at Toa Payoh. You are wasting my time and petrol”.

Being heavily pregnant, my wife began to have panic attacks and have series of shortness of breath. So she called me and I told her to put on speaker for me to talk to the driver. When on speaker, I ordered the driver to send my wife and kids back to Yishun but the driver just refused to do so.

Without any sympathy, the driver just alighted my wife and kids at Toa Payoh and refused to send back to Yishun despite him being in the wrong and knowing that my pregnant wife were with 2 sleepy toddlers. After my wife and kids alighted the cab, it took her awhile to accept what was really happening. She was in shocked and emotionally distressed. It took her awhile before she called the customer service line to lodge a complaint.

The customer service officer asked what happened as she typed the the whole thing. When my wife paused to take a breath, the officer budge in and asked why didn’t she take the offer for $20. She said “Since the driver offered you $20, why are you still crying?”. My wife replied that she has not fully tell the whole situation. Only after my wife explained the whole thing, the the officer started to acknowledge my wife’s traumatic experience.

This is utterly disgusting and resulted in a traumatic experience especially for my wife and kids. Not only the driver was rude, he was inhumane to drop at a place that was far from the actual destination despite knowing that my pregnant wife was with 2 toddlers who were crying from this whole situation. What kind of human does that?! In addition, poor service from Comfort DelGro.

Now my wife have trouble sleeping, have series of panic attack and shortness of breath. Who is gonna be responsible for all this?? I want a full refund and an explanation to this with a follow up action on the driver!!!

The Police have arrested three men, aged 24 and 43, for their suspected involvement in a case of loanshark harassment causing hurt.

On 19 August 2022 at about 7.05pm, the Police were alerted to a case of loanshark harassment at the vicinity of Clark Quay, where a male victim was allegedly assaulted by three men in relation to a loan he had taken from a loanshark.

Through follow-up investigations and with the aid of images from Police cameras, officers from Tanglin Division and Criminal Investigation Department established the identities of the three men and arrested them on 20 August 2022.

The three men will be charged in court on 22 August 2022. Under the Moneylenders Act 2008, first-time offenders found guilty of loanshark harassment causing hurt shall be punished with imprisonment term of up to five years, a fine between $5,000 and $50,000, and caning of between five and eight strokes.

The Police have zero tolerance towards loanshark harassment activities. Those who deliberately cause annoyance and disruption to public safety and security, will be dealt with severely in accordance with the law.

Members of the public are advised to stay away from loansharks and not to work or assist them in any way. Members of the public can call the Police at ‘999’ or the X-Ah Long Hotline at 1800-924-5664 if they suspect or know of anyone who could be involved in loansharking activities.

The Police have arrested three men and a woman, aged between 34 and 46, for their suspected involvement in a series of bank phishing scams targeting bank customers.

In August 2022, the Police received several reports of bank phishing scams targeting bank customers. In this latest variant, the victims received unsolicited SMSes stating that their bank accounts had been suspended temporarily and they were advised to reactivate their accounts by clicking an embedded URL link.

Upon clicking on the link in the SMS received, the victims were directed to a spoofed Internet banking log-in page, where they keyed in their credit card details and One-Time Passwords (OTPs), which were received on their mobile phones.

Victims later realised that they had been scammed when they discovered unauthorised transactions made from their bank accounts.

Between 18 and 19 August 2022, officers from the Police Intelligence Department and Commercial Affairs Department mounted an island-wide operation and arrested three men and one woman suspected to be part of a transnational syndicate perpetrating bank phishing scams in Singapore.

Preliminary investigations revealed that the four persons were allegedly involved in sending mass SMS messages to more than 100 random phone users in Singapore to deceive victims to provide their credit card details via spoofed bank websites. The fraudulently obtained credit card details were then used to make fraudulent purchases. One victim had fallen prey to this scam variant, suffering a total loss of about $940.

These four individuals are believed to be working with overseas syndicate members and were planning to perpetrate more similar phishing scams in Singapore.

The three men and one woman will be charged in Court 4A on 20 August 2022 with the offence of abetment by conspiracy to access a computer with intent to commit an offence under Section 4(3) read with Section 12 of the Computer Misuse Act 1993.

The offence carries a fine not exceeding $50,000, imprisonment for a term not exceeding 10 years, or both.

Between April and August 2022, the Police received several police reports concerning the failure to deliver goods and services from a business.

The suspect had purportedly told the victims to trade in used golf sets to purchase brand-new golf sets at a discounted price. Pursuant to this agreement, the victims traded in their used golf sets along with pre-payment for brand-new golf sets. Subsequently, the victims did not receive their golf sets.

Through extensive investigations, a 52-year-old man was identified as the suspect and investigations are ongoing against him for the offence of cheating.

Anyone found guilty of Cheating under Section 420 of the Penal Code 1871 may be punishable with an imprisonment term which may extend to 10 years, and a fine.

The Police have zero tolerance towards such criminal acts and will not hesitate to act against those who blatantly disregard the law.

The Police have arrested a 23-year-old woman for her suspected involvement in a case of loanshark harassment.

On 20 August 2022, the Police were alerted to a case of loanshark harassment along Tampines Avenue 5 where a residential unit was splashed with unknown liquid and a debtor’s note was placed on the floor. Through ground enquiries and with the aid of images from Police cameras, officers from Bedok Police Division established the identity of the woman and arrested her on the same day. One mobile phone was seized as a case exhibit.

The 23-year-old woman will be charged in court on 22 August 2022. Under the Moneylenders Act 2008, first-time offenders found guilty of loanshark harassment shall be punished with imprisonment of up to five years, a fine between $5,000 and $50,000, and caning of up to six strokes.

The Police have zero tolerance against loanshark harassment activities. Those who deliberately cause annoyance and disruption to public safety and security, will be dealt with severely in accordance with the law.

Members of the public are advised to stay away from loansharks and not to work with or assist them in any way. The public can call the Police at ‘999’ or the X-Ah Long hotline at 1800-924-5664 if they suspect or know of anyone who could be involved in loansharking activities.