STOMPer Alex saw this online report that says that two men in
Shanghai, China are posing as Singaporeans to con young women of
their money.
In the report:
"TWO men have been detained by police after posing as overseas
Chinese and swindling more than 60,000 yuan (US$8,790) in cash and
valuables from six young women in separate cases.
"The two surnamed Lu and Zhu targeted women in their 20s at local
Metro stations, police said.
"They approached the women and asked to borrow money, saying that
because they were from Singapore their bank cards would not work in
local ATMs. They also showed fake Singaporean ID cards to convince
the women.
"They pretended to call "an uncle" to transfer the amount to the
women's accounts. Of course, the money never arrived.
"Police found the "uncle" was a woman, who was also detained. All
the three were Chinese citizens.