Wednesday, December 8

SOS or Scam?

Something I saw in the KLUE classifieds today (Link):

hi there.im a singlemum..not married yet.im pregnant 9 months and will due within this 2 weeks.im looking for a minor loan of RM 600 to top up my saving to deliver my baby.hope anyone here can help me.i will pay back.tq

Whilst the paranoid cynic in me has bells, alarms and whistles all going full blast and yelling "fraud!", some part of me is wondering if this woman, known only as hanie - is really in trouble. I hope she's not - because a classifieds page like KLUE's attracts all manner of people, and we never know who they might be.

Still, this one has enough warning signals in it to warrant a dismissal from me for now. In the meantime, I think I'll just reply to her message with some links to Women's Aid.

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