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Victim of POSB GO! Debit MasterCard Fraud

Jacelyn — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 04:00:52 +0000

Update (12 July 2011): I got a call from DBS this morning and they mentioned that they will credit back the amount to my account within this week. From there, they will continue with their investigations and will update me again.

Many thanks to the people from Harewarezone, Chris & Wanda from DBS for the assistance, as well as Nadia, Niki, Athena, and the rest of the people from Twitter for their advices! Will update on the case again.

I was a victim of debit card fraud last week. This is the first time such a thing has ever happened to me and I am both scared and worried.

On 8th July, I logged on to the internet banking and found a suspicious transaction in my account.

The fraudster had spent USD401.75 (SGD505.60) on my debit card. Ironically, I just received my salary on 5 July. Immediately, I called the bank and told them about it. They advised me to head down to any branch to lodge a fraud report and just wait. I made a police report as well.

I have been using the POSB Go! Debit MasterCard for more than a year when it was first introduced. Everything went well until this happened.

I am puzzled.

Firstly, why wasn’t I alerted when the transaction was being made? Obviously the fraudster’s address must be different from my billing address.

Secondly, I’ve never lose my card before and I am the only one holding on to it. So how did the fraudster get hold of my information?

I can recall my card being used in GV online booking, Tiger Airways and lastly iTunes. Was my information being stolen from iTunes?

Has anyone encountered such a situation before? What should I do now? Should I just wait? Will I get my money back and how long will it take? I am totally at a loss.

Bad experience with antisocialnot@LJ

Jacelyn — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 04:00:56 +0000

All along, my online shopping experience has been really enjoyable. I receive my items on time and the sellers will update me promptly whenever I join any sprees.

But this time has got to be the worst I have ever encountered. So much so that I had to rant on my blog. Read on to find out why.

I was obsessed with the hair accessories that Kim Tae Hae had worn in the Korean drama – My Princess. I went around looking for sprees and finally found one here. I was overjoyed.

7 March – I ordered two items from her and made payment on the same day.

8 March – She verified my payment and claimed that the items will reach me in two weeks’ time. That’s around 22 March.

5 April – More than 2 weeks already and I didn’t receive any updates from her. Email her to check on the status.

5 April – It turns out that she’s away. Fine, I shall wait till she comes back.

8 April – She told me that the items have already reached Singapore and will send me another email for postage and pickup details. And so, I waited.

15 April – Still NO emails from her yet. I dropped her an email and she claimed that she had already email me.

15 April – I’m not even one of the recipients in the email loop. Didn’t she check properly?

16 May – I only managed to top up the postage on 20 April and sent her a confirmation email and gave her my address. Almost a month later, I still haven’t got my items from her and she has been ignoring my emails all this while. No acknowledgement, no confirmation, no updates.

16 May – Again, she claimed that she had email me and told me that the package had already been mailed out on 28 April. All along, I have never ever experienced any lost mails. Not even once for the past 6 years. I’m doubting her honesty but surprisingly, she offered to send me another set without even checking with SingPost about the lost mail. Very suspicious.

24 May – One week has passed, still no updates. And finally, I received the items on 16 June but…

THEY ARE IN THE WRONG COLORS NABEI!

Can you imagine how pissed I was? Her updates are slow, always claimed that she had email me but didn’t and then now this?! Waited more than 3 months for 2 hairbands and this is the shit I get.

16 June – Informed her that she had sent the wrong colors. No reply for two days until I gave her a final reminder.

18 June – Her response? Checking with her dad what exactly happened. To put it simply – “I’m not based in Singapore and my dad packed those stuff, so I have no fucking idea and had nothing to do with it. Period.”

Hey bitch. Even if you are checking with your dad, can you at least drop me an email to let me know? Don’t give me any bullshit that you are busy travelling or whatever nonsense. Yeah right, you have so much time to update your website but no time to reply me? Oh screw you fucking liar.

My last email to her was on Tuesday. No response from her yet.

Ultimate Frustration from StarHub

Jacelyn — Sat, 19 Feb 2011 03:00:27 +0000

BOO!

Yeah, you’ve seen it right. THIS is why I am so frustrated about. I sent these screenshots to the customer service dept yesterday and they suggested that I change the sim card to see if it will resolve the issue.

The irony thing is, I got these connection problems at StarHub Green pretty often. The guy even had the cheek to tell me it is IMPOSSIBLE to happen at StarHub Green. BIG JOKE! Yes my office is located at StarHub Green, the new data centre for StarHub. No, I don’t work for StarHub but I used to. Hence, I know that they are just trying to smoke and appease me hoping that I will stop bugging them. Sorry lor, I won’t be cheated so easily hokay.

Anyway, I will just change the sim card if they claimed that it will work. Otherwise, I will complain until they agree to terminate my contract early. I don’t fucking pay $50+ a month to get this shitty connection. It’s getting from bad to worse. Nabei.

On a side note, I got myself a very chio looking portable mobile charger from Funky Chargers as my battery gets used up too quickly. So far so good.

Another Dog Abuse Case

Jacelyn — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 12:22:50 +0000

This is what happens when AVA only issue out a warning to animal abusers.

Woman whacks and whacks dog with feather duster, even as it shrieks in pain

I happened to see this on SPCA’s Facebook page and got the shock of my life. Click on the link above if you wanna see the video. Not for the faint-hearted. I think this is even worse than Butters’ case which happened last month.

In the video, the woman can be seen hitting the dog repeatedly with a shoe. I can see from her actions that she is using her entire force to hit the dog.

TMD!!!

This bitch should be jailed for the rest of her life and humiliated in public! Like seriously what the fark? Are the authorities even doing anything?!

I Lost Another Friend Because of Gaming

Jacelyn — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 01:51:26 +0000

As above. I’ve verified my assumptions cos I am the only person you deleted and blocked in the group of friends. All these just because we are on par in the game?

Quit being childish. How old are you? Coming 60 and you are still doing such childish acts?

Pathetic. Why got such people one huh?

Wardrobe Makeover

Jacelyn — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 15:40:06 +0000

Hint #1

Hint #2

My wardrobe is hinting to me that she needs a complete makeover. Guess I need to look for a reliable contractor to make me a built-in wardrobe!

Excuse Me, Are You a Freeloader?

Jacelyn — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 02:00:40 +0000

Freeloaders come in all sorts. They are self-centered and refused to admit that they are. I had my fair share of experience with some of them.

They love to live off other people’s lives and don’t pay for anything and never pay you back.
They refused to contribute and whenever you ask them to, they would tell you that they are broke. They would rather spend on cigarettes and beer.
Better still, they totally ignore you and act blur when you talk to them about it.
They kept giving the excuse that they have tons of loans and bills to pay for. Who doesn’t?
They would ask you to pay for their meals or other stuff, out of the blue.
They are lazy and take advantage of your kindness and generosity and refused to admit that they ARE lazy.
They will jump at any chance to leech you off. Yes, ANY CHANCE.
They expect you to return the favor IF they had helped you.
They will get irritated and complain that you are stingy if you forced them to pay.

Do all these sound familiar to anyone of you?

Has anyone met with a freeloader before? How do you deal with them? Share your story with me!

[Review] JUSalon – Terrible Service, Horrible Haircut

Jacelyn — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 02:30:34 +0000

I did my haircut at JUSalon two weeks ago. It’s not the hair salon that I frequent, but since I won a free haircut via Chic Magazine’s Facebook fan page, I braved myself to go for it.

Chic wanted the first 50 people to submit a hairstyle that they desire to have. This was the hairstyle which I had chosen.

I have always wanted to get this hairstyle, but my hair feels like hay, thick and lifeless. No matter how I trim it, pump it with lots of hair products or style it, I can’t seemed to achieve this look at all.

Since they wanted us to submit a photo of the hairstyle, I presume someone from the hair salon would refer and cut my hair according to it?

Apparently not.

The entire salon was extremely quiet, there was only one hairstylist around. I waited for 15 minutes before I got my turn as he was attending to someone else.

At last, it was my turn. The moment I sat down, he asked me how would I want my hair to be cut. Uh huh? Requiring us to submit a photo of the hairstyle is just a gimmick?

Anyway, I took out another photo to show it to him and told him that I wanted a similar hairstyle. I explained to him that I have layered hair, so it’s understandable if it is not possible to have the exact effect but close to it should be fine?

He gave me a blank look and started messing around with my hair. All he said was “I can try.” Then, he started snipping away my ends and cut them straight. So my entire hair looked like a flight of stairs.

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Yes, my hair literally looked like this. Except for the coloring of course.

I got really fed up and told him “I think you don’t understand what I mean, just cut my hair back to layered.” He seemed to be quite unhappy with my comment and thereafter, he trimmed my hair hastily.

Then came the last straw, I told him to cut my fringe according to the photo given and this was what he gave me.

My horrible fringe!!! The layering is really bad. It gets too short at the top. TAMADE! Lao niang damn angry!

The entire process merely took 20 minutes. Before I left, the guy told me that he is one of the bosses and their salon is relatively new. Uh huh. Boss or not, you are unprofessional, lack of skills and used sneaky marketing tactics.

Period.

Now, I need to save my hair!

Fake My Beauty Diary Masks at Watsons

Jacelyn — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 03:23:38 +0000

I was browsing around Watsons at Ngee Ann City when I stumbled upon these masks that’s dubious and familiar looking.

Yes, they imitated My Beauty Diary from Taiwan! Imagine my horror and anger when I saw them! I supposed you should have already guessed which country are they made from huh?

The King of Imitation – China. Expected. And isn’t it funny that Watsons imported them in? Didn’t they do their homework beforehand? Anyway, here’s the authentic packaging of My Beauty Diary masks.

Make sure you double check the next time you buy anything, even in Singapore. It’s scary to even think about it.

The Victoria’s Secret Hype

Jacelyn — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 03:00:02 +0000

It has been more than 4 months since the scam happened. The hype started when Victoria’s Secret was doing a clearance sale on their website for their items. Some bags are going as low as USD2.90! Everyone was going gaga over their wide range of bags that’s both chic and sexy.

Some, even had to resort to scamming. I was one of the victims who fell into the trap. I couldn’t believe it myself at first, for creating such a huge mistake even though I had done online shopping for more than 5 years. I have been very meticulous and careful when it comes to that. I don’t purchase from dubious sellers, I do my own homework before transferring my hard earned money to a total stranger. You know, I believe it’s the work of greed. All human beings are greedy. Unfortunately, I am one of them.

However, God has eyes. The evil will always have bad karma for their whole life. There is justice after all, we made a police report and the scammer managed to refund to those people who had reported to the authorities. I believe one day, the scammer will get sentenced which she deserves to. Of course, I had my own rewards after the ordeal.

I got my weekender at SGD35, logo and chic handbags for SGD15 each! I am so blessed! HEE HEE!