a call from an investment company???

the newspapers and other media outlets have been reporting on how there has been an increase in fraud conducted over the telephone by people who purported to be from investment firms based overseas intending to invest domestically...

the truth is far from it... i don't think they are sitting in their comfy office in hong kong (that is their claim) to make that call to us here in malaysia... to do market research... i suspect they are here in town and use this to find their victim...



basically, if they go through the list in here, they will definitely get some suckers who are not so capable of filtering through the charade...

anyway, when i received that call... their first words are (in mandarin)..."can you speak mandarin?"... then if you answer, they will begin their pitch.. this lady that i was talking to... i don't know what their gimmicks are... but apparently they are doing a market research on some product to be launched here in town at some shop lots... so their aim was to get people to go there and see...



then she began to ask my name... my mind was searching for a name... and came up with wang yi... i was going to say i am wang chuang yi (the pop star, hahahah)... but decided to be wang yi instead... then she asked how old i was... i think my voice (which i make to sound youngish) made her think i am in my 20s and in college... suits me find... so she said... when launch comes... ask me and my parents to go... i say OK.. ahhaha

well... so far she has not ask for money... but gave me a reference... i don't know what that reference is... and i didn't bother to copy it down.... i don't know their gimmick.... so i don't know what this will lead to...

anyway.... just beware of this....