My Brother Got Cheated in Kuala Lumpur
Filed in: Life Log, Malaysia — November 25th, 2006
My younger brother’s phone (Sony Ericsson Z520) got cheated in Kuala Lumpur.
My story
I dated my brother to a movie last week. He had class till evening that day. So, I waited for him at Sungei Wang.
The show was to start at 7:30pm. But my brother did not reach until 6:40pm. Considering we were to have dinner together. I called him. He told me that he was on the way but might be late because he wanted to help a guy, who claimed to have lost his wallet, by lending his phone.
Based on my experience living in Kuala Lumpur, I smelled something fishy and warned him. But, my brother – who is kind and innocent – insisted on helping the stranger. He told me that he will be careful.
Half an hour later, my brother had not reached and there was no news from him again. “Oh no, something has gone wrong!”, I worried. I called his mobile phone again and again but nobody picked up.
7:30pm. Still no news from my brother. His phone number was unreachable. “Oh my god, tell me he is all right!” I was frightened. I called my mom, sister, and his housemate. My mother was frightened as well.
While we were praying for his safety, my elder brother called me. “He called me just now. He got cheated and he is coming to your place now.”
“Phew~ thank God!”, my younger brother was fine!
7:45pm. I met him. He looked exhausted. My brother told me his story while we were having dinner. And, the movie tickets were wasted.
His story
My brother met the stranger near Bukit Nanas monorail station. He was a fat indian guy and claimed himself to be a lecturer. He told my brother in English that he had lost his wallet and wanted to borrow phone to make a call to cancel his credit card.
My kind heart and innocent brother lend his phone to the guy. The stranger made a call and told my brother that it couldn’t get through. He asked my brother to follow him and find his friend nearby.
My brother followed him while the phone was still with the stranger.
They went into ING tower. The stranger went up the tower and my brother followed him. However, the guy suddenly disappeared when my brother didn’t notice. My brother waited on that floor for half an hour until he realized that he got cheated.
My two cents
This is not a news to most people in Kuala Lumpur. Sorry to say it is a place where we need to be alert all the time.
My younger brother is a fresh college student in Kuala Lumpur. He learned the lesson after getting his family and himself into a frightening ordeal.
The moral: Don’t be kind to stranger.
It is sad to say so but we need to protect ourselves. *sigh*
Your stories? I think some of you have similar stories. Please share with us in your blogs and/or leave a comment here. It will alert other readers and avoid the same thing from happening to them. Thank you.
