The Nigerian Scam.

Never have I come upon a scammer before in my life. So once I met one today, the first thing that flashed across my mind was, "I must blog about this!". This is a very text heavy post but worth to read! It's a valuable lesson I learned today and I want to share with you all, hoping none of you will fall for this!

So the story begins like this. I wanted to sell off my Salvatore Ferragamo bag because the husband likes gambling and borrowed a huge sum of money from the loan shark. They come to my house and poured red paint and gasoline everyday to blackmail us to return the money. So I have no choice but to sell all my valuable belongings.

LOL!!! Actually my sis said that bag looks like aunty to me. I wanted to sell it off so I have more money to buy more things during my Europe honeymoon =P I brought it to a few second hand luxury shops but none of them want to buy it because it's not a classic edition and not many people look for Salvatore Ferragamo bags. Bloody hell! So I decided to seek for the last resort, post and sell online!

After a few days, I checked my inbox and still nobody email me about the bag =( I guess I must be too free so I clicked my spam mailbox to clear it and saw this email from this particular person called Alice Loh. Her email goes like this:

From her first email, I thought it was a local Chinese educated person judging from her English. Then, from her second reply, she mentioned she is now currently residing in UK. I was surprised that her level of English can survive in UK. OK not like my English is any better (that's why I'm in Malaysia, ah-ha!). I further replied her email for more details.

I asked if she will be transferring the money to me in British Pound since she mentioned she is in UK. But she did not answer and directly gave me the recipient address in Nigeria instead. (Fishy point: This nigger must have no idea about the currency converter). I wanted to post with courier service like DHL or Fedex for better security and safety. But she insisted me to post with registered post instead. I felt something amiss because if you buy something expensive overseas, for sure you want to have it delivered to you with trustworthy courier service. But I didn't think much about it, I thought she was just being plain kiam siap. So I made the effort to go to the post office, queued up and asked for the price.

After that I sent the total cost to her and she gave me a rather stupid reply. Didn't I mention the amount I gave her is with registered post? Why is she telling me she prefer registered post again?! I gave her my details and the next morning I received her email saying she has banked in the money and her bank already sent me a notification email. The fun part began! Check out the email from "the bank"!

*yellow highlights with red fonts are my remarks.

I was like..seriously? What bank is this? Not even a hint of the bank logo in the email! And don't make me start about the look and feel of this email. So unofficial and Ebay-ish. The choices of multiple fonts and different font sizes! OMG! And the Federal Bureau of Investigation!!! LMAO!!! The moment I saw the FBI, that's it! FBI is a government agency in the United States of America, not United Kingdom! Do your homework before plotting a scam! And I believe the FBI have better things to do like catching world most wanted criminals, solving X files or tracking aliens, rather than looking for internet scammers, duhhh....

And no bank, I say NO BANK will ever try to threaten people by saying giving the grace of 24 hours to ship the item or else you will face the consequences. I believe a civilized and established bank will not come out with such rude remark. Sounds like I'm given 24 hours to turn myself in or the FBI will come banging down my door and drag me away for interrogation.

Smile Bank does exists. I Googled and it's an internet bank in the UK. BUT! Their email and contact number  are definitely not those stated in the email. I further Googled and london.com is a free email domain, like hotmail and gmail.

And of course that bald guy is not Dr. Robert Benson. Poor dude, he must be some random guy this scammer picked online. Probably from Facebook.  

Luckily I brought this up to Kelle. She helped me to search online and found this forum talking about this famous scam called The Nigerian Scams. There is even a Wikipedia page for this notorious scams here!

People shared their experiences in the forum and all the stories are the same! But with different names. Saying they are based in UK but wanted the item to be shipped to Nigeria, some to the boss' kids, some to the brother, some to the nephew. And they also received the same email from "the bank".

Feeling furious, Kelle asked me to trick back the scammer and let her taste her own medicine. We decided to fraud a fake shipment receipt.

Sibeh jialat angry when the scammer accused me for giving her fake receipt that doesn't exist and doesn't make sense. Ya, though the receipt was indeed fake but just felt boh song got accused by some scammer that was trying to cheat me. You are in the midst of cheating and still have the balls to accuse people.

During the morning when I received the email from "the bank", when I was still wasn't sure if it was a fraud, I sent them an email to confirm if it's not a scam. They never reply at all. Until I told the scammer later in the evening that I have already sent the receipt to the bank, they finally reply. (Fishy point: All the emails from "the bank" always came after the scammer's email. Such a "coincident") This is the email from "the bank".

A bank doesn't need to explain to the customer for their late reply. Who does that?  And look at the horrible grammar and spelling! Attanding? Regading? Adivice? This is absurd! Afterwards I decided to forward the fake receipt to "the bank" and miraculously they replied me after a few minutes saying the tracking number is invalid blablabla. Since this was going nowhere, I decided to tell the scammer I called the REAL Smile Bank (though I didn't) and found out there were no such transaction made. At first she tried to cover up, but I got impatient and wanted her to admit she is a scammer. So I brought up the forum. Look what she said!

I felt so accomplished for breaking her pot! I wished her to have a nice day (sarcastically) and she replied me wishing me to have a bad day! So childish! What is this? School kids verbal fight? LOL! I could feel her fury!

For you calling me a cheater is totally a joke. I just fraud a fake receipt to let you taste your own medicine.You are a cheater yourself plotting online scams to cheat people's money and valuables. You don't call people a whore when you yourself sell your backside to men for money. Don't throw stones at me if you are a sinner yourself. Feeling angry? You should. This is exactly how all your other victims feel, 10X worse because you evilly cheated their money and valuables!

I think my last sentence just totally killed it! FBI! LOL! I just have to rub it in! Joke of the century! She messed with the wrong person. Maybe she is not even a she but a group of Nigerian men, who knows. But one thing I know, in all the emails there were not even a single full stop. I had to read 2-3 times to decipher what he/she was trying to say.

Seriously, do better research if you want to scam someone. And take the effort to write better English and fraud better fake emails please. Make more effort if you want to succeed in life. Oh wait, you're just a pathetic idiot sitting behind the computer screen browsing shopping websites looking for preys to con. No wonder you're such a loser. I'm not any regular bimbo that you can simply cheat. If a couple of perverted men can't trick or con me when I was 16 and 18 (read my encounters with perverts here), I think a lousy scammer like you can't get me anywhere now that I'm 26 and married. I'm no aunty! Don't play play!

A night to remember.

Oh shit! I forgot to blog about my Hens Night =_= It was held a week before my wedding but because I was so hyped up about the wedding itself, I forgot to post about it. Sorry!

First of all, I prefer to call it Bachelorette Night instead of Hens Night. I know most people call it Hens Night. But I just don't get it. Why guys get to call it Bachelor Night which sounds so much cooler, and we girls get the name Hens Night? Hens??

Pok! Pok! Pok!

If that's the case, the guys should call their party Cock Night, wth! We did it with style, so let's just stick with Bachelorette Night. So much classier and cooler. We don't go around laying eggs and flapping our chicken wings.

It was organized by my bestie, Manda of course. I was pre-amp to dress as sexy as possible. Then I knew I was going to be forced to do something real bad, in public =_= That's what Bachelorette Night is for anyway, embarassing the bride to do silly stuff in public. I wore my brand new Kebaya inspired black lace bodycon dress with red velvet heels. Just in case you think Kebaya lace sounds old fashion and boring, let me enlighten you. The sexiest sight is not bare it all with skimpy skirts and dresses. It's the you see it but you don't.

Sharon came over to fetch me at about 7.30pm. I think she was glad that I asked her to fetch me, so she could make me drunk real bad =_= We headed to The Hill and I was welcomed with pink balloons, tiara, scepter and a "Bride-to-be" sash. LOL! So cute! Didn't expect all these, I thought it would be just a simple get together dinner!

Always ready for the camera!

The food was even served to me by Eeva, LOL! Truly a diva at full mode that night!

With all the girls.

After having our stomach filled up. The girls decided to switch venue for the games. They said the place is too quiet and the crowds are too little O_o Holy fook!

The last picture before I was whisked to Bar Madrid.

The staff that served us presented me with a special drink, specially mixed for my special night. I asked him what is the name of the drink, his answer gave me a huge laugh. It's called "You die lar later". How random.

This is my last sober picture. The power of "You die lar later".

And also thanks to the play cards Eeva bought.

First game of the night. WTF!
 (picture courtesy of Sharon, taken from her Facebook)

Don't even ask what I did with the banana in condom, dont.
 (picture courtesy of Kelle, taken from her Instagram)

=_______=
 (picture courtesy of Hooi, taken from her Instagram)

Few hours later, the amount of embarrassment.
 (picture courtesy of Eeva, taken from her Facebook)

I have a lot more photos and videos. But what happened on that night, stay on that night. Don't ask me what I did. Case closed =____=

Let's get back to the more decent side of that night. Here are some pretty polaroids I took.

The happy me.

We nearly had a wardrobe clash! Same black lace. But mine is a dress, Kelle's is a top.

With the lovely Paige that never say no to me.

And of course, the organizer, the host, the secretary, the supervisor, the bestie.

The evil mastermind, Eeva.

The babysitter of the night, Sharon.

I've never seen Hooi wore so sexily O_o

Group pic at The Hill.

Group pic at Bar Madrid with all my Dare Cards.

Super love this shot! All the girls carrying the tipsy me!

The night was still young, so the babysitter and I went to Zouk for the 3rd round! I didn't know how I did it =_= I was already tipsy toe after the 2nd row, doing all sorts of funny things inside Sharon's car. But yet I still managed to whisk into Zouk elegantly in my heels and dress.

After 2 hours, I left the club with wobbly legs and sweating all over. We sat on the rocks in front of the club for a breather. And  I could vaguely remember a drunk guy wearing a red pants, with his shirt off shouting and screaming at our direction. Hilariously threw some dried leaves and shouted "You think I'm scared? Bring it on! Come one!" WTF! =_= Of all things he threw to pick up a fight, he threw dried leaves =_=||| Sharon said that moment when we were looking at the drunk dude, I looked like Jacky Chan meme, without the hands because I was too lembik to lift my hands. LOL!

Like this?

No drunk is drunk enough when it comes to pictures!

That night was the first time I got home SO early. 5am! And don't make me start about the hangover.

The little details.

This post will be the last post about my wedding. You guys might be sick reading about my wedding details already XD Everyone has been asking me the same question every time I meet them. How's married life? I kept quiet for a while and think....nothing is different. Since I've moved in with the husband (then boyfriend) almost a year ago, all the dramas and issues have been resolved. So practically there is not much difference. The only different is instead of calling Aunty and Uncle, now I need to call his parents mom and dad. It feels super awkward, trust me =_= I've been calling the same 2 person as mom and dad for my whole life, but now I need to call another 2 person that I've known for a few years as mom and dad. Very very awkward.

Anyway, here are the little details of my wedding. Sometimes it's not all about the big hoo-haa, but the small little details that matters most. There are like the small pieces of puzzles that put the whole big picture together.

Puffy and dreamy princess wedding gown.

With a Swavroski crystals belt.

I don't think I can ever find another dress as perfect as this. I love things to be simple. This gown truly represents me, from top to toe. Simple on the top to accentuate my busty top, and princessy puffy bottom with layers and layers of chiffon and tulle for that elegant diva in me. And also a belt with Swavroski crystals. I injected more elements that represents me with a pink ribbon. Ya, how can I get married without something pink! 

Love.

Christy Ng's True Love wedding heels. Customized with Swavroski crystals.

Tiara, loan from the husband's shop. I wonder why he has a tiara in his premium shop =_=

Swavroski crystals necklace from Candore. Swavroski crystals earring, a gift from Hooi =)

As mentioned above, I like things to be simple. So initially I wanted French Manicure. But I thought during normal days I can do French Manicure too. For special occasion like my wedding, I should go for something more exquisite. So I did acrylic nail extensions!

Pink nails with colorful glitter tips, added a 3D ribbon on the wedding ring finger.

I always wanted pink daisies for my wedding =) Because roses are too common.

I would prefer the daisies to have less color combination, maybe even just tie the daisies together without the purple, red and green, more pink. Let me repeat, simplicity is my core. But it ended up looking great at the condo I was staying because the walls are purple =D 

Finally the rings are taken professionally with canggih camera! Remember Fuankee said I didn't do any justice to the sparkle of the diamonds =_=

I'm a happy bride.

Love this picture so much! Taken by my make up artist. I looked like one of those photo
of some Taiwanese celebrity getting married that I saw in the news. LOL!

Was quite sad that no photos were taken for the back of my dinner dress. It has a long train with different layers, very ethereal. I really love it. Simple, elegant and nothing OTT. Unlike some puffy dinner gowns I saw that look like layer cakes with multiple tiers in blue or green (wtf! like pandan cake). Even worst, they have flowers all over it. Yikes!

This is the only photo I have of the back of the dress. Taken during the gown testing session.

As for the wedding invitation, Delicious Group compensate on the reprint so I decided to go all out and used all sorts of finishing and expensive paper material XD It won't be mine if I didn't add some DIY to it. Spent the whole night sitting on the floor tying the 2 cards together with white ribbon. And yes, the rings are illustrated according to our wedding rings!

Quartz or better known as pearl paper with silver hot stamping and round corner .

Embossed effect on the rings with a bedazzle on it to represent the diamond, for
a more realistic look.

Added more originality to the card with our wedding cartoon.

Even more silver hot stamping inside. Love the pink side. It's so Barbie =D

Check out the DIY stamp on the envelope!

And the sticker to seal the envelope. Cuteness max!

And I really want to thank each and everyone who showered us with wedding gifts. I find that very thoughtful and lovely, for sharing the happiness and bliss of our marriage. Thank you so much from the bottom of my heart.

Wedding heels, from Sharon and Fuankee.

Swavroski crystals earring from Hooi dear. Necklace and tiara are my own.

Illustration of us by my sis with cotton and sequins heart, we share that same artistic talent ;) 

Wrapped inside this box.

With notes of wishes and blessings from my sis herself, her husband and my niece and nephew. So sweet =)

Wedding themed teddy bear music box from my manager.

Swavroski music box from his family insurance agent.
He must have read my blog about the Swavroski!

Family tree photo frame from the brother in law's girlfriend.

Love this card! The dress is in glitters! Also from the brother in law's girlfriend.

Cute traditional wedding couple face towel from the childhood bestie, Sau Yeen.

Came together with this lovely card!

Wedding card from the aunts.

Photo frame from mom's friend.

Macaroons in this cute bridal car paper bag, from Juno and Jossline.

Wedding card from Alexis.

Our famous wedding doll! Handmade by the sister in law.

Super love this clay figurines of us! From cousins! I always wanted one of
these! And it even has Eiffel Tower in Winter!

Lastly, this wonderful wedding cake from bestie, her mom and the boyfriend.
This is the best gift, ever.

Until now, I still feel blissful listening to the song "A Thousand Years". I know, I know, I know many of you find this song is so overused and mainstream. Blame it on Twilight =_= I think Reuben and Fann have nightmares with this song already since they did my wedding video with this song. When I told them I'm using it for my wedding entrance too, their first word was "AGAIN?!" LMAO!

But I have a different feeling with it, I don't know why. The corner of my lips will curl up itself and a sense of sweetness overshadows my heart whenever I hear this song. I love the part she sings "I have died everyday waiting for you", it feels like I can truly relate myself to it. Not because I'm a vampire, obviously. It's because I had my heart broken countless times with all the failed relationships previously, got treated like someone who doesn't deserve anything good and dumped like I have no feelings. I was at the brink of giving up on love. And then that was when he found me. So it really felt like I have gone through rain and storm (that's why "I have died everyday waiting for you") and I finally found you, the one that I can truly bare my soul to *tears*

That is one of the reason why I used the song for my wedding entrance. And hence the candles lighting during the march, just like the music video.

After months of preparation and a lifetime of anticipation, 2 of the most biggest events of my life are done. Sharon asked if I feel heavy hearted and want it to happen all over again. I said no, because it all happened so perfectly, with all the beautiful memories, I could not ask for more. It has been a great experience, and it's certainly the most beautiful and sweet moment in my life. Thanks to my family and close friends for making it happen. Your love and blessings are the greatest gift of all.

Now....

It's time to prepare for the trip of my life.

HONEYMOON!!!!!!!!!!!!