Recently there have been cases of frauds via phone calls that actually tell you that you have won the first prize in a lucky draw overseas. I have gotten the pre-fraud phone call.

I was at work then phone rang, Caller Name: Withheld

I answered the call thinking that might be my boss. The other party was a lady, asking whether can I speak Chinese.

她：小姐你好，我是XXX公司，我们要调查现在最受欢迎的手机。可以请问你现在用的是什么品牌的手机吗？

我：Sony Ericsson

她：好，那对您的手机还满意吗？

我：很好啊，我很喜欢。

她：那请问您的名字，好让我们可以有个记录。

我：Shuyi。

她：是Shuying 吗？好漂亮的名字。

她：好那 Shuying 可以请问你是学生吗？您的声音听起来很年轻。

Feel abit weird liao，how come will ask this kind of question，decided to lie first

我：对啊。

她：那你现在是在上课吧，不好意识。再次谢谢您给的意见。

我：不客气，拜拜。

Hehe, luckily I anyhow say I’m student, else sure to get another phone call informing me that I have won the first prize in a lucky draw and need to transfer some money (processing fee) to their account first before they would release the prize money to me.

But you can ask them to deduct from the prize money right, they also very clever… tell you that they need to verify whether your account is correct / active…

If you hesitate, they would ask you to visit this website and your name would appear there as one of the winners… but to create a fake website is very simple…

So please remember, NO FREE MEALS… many have already been conned, so I guess they might stop for awhile, but I think this type of scam has been very rampant overseas, I have watched Taiwan programs often (due to my mom) and regularly hear about those scam companies…

Last time, kena cheated $10 from a PRC couple, now nearly another one… haha…