Fraud Stories You Should Know Before Clicking The Pay Button – Story 1

Posted on | November 3, 2009 | 1 Comment

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Before you click the Pay Button for your online shopping cart, I believe it will benefit you to know this story of an online scam.

K.Sayuri aka Diana Koh Scam (Jailed on 13 August 2009)

This lady is called Diana Koh and she is 21 years old. Apparently, she hawked branded accessories and handbags such as Coach bags at bargain prices on her blogshop or online shopping site. She never delivered the bags even though she had received the money from her customers.

She was jailed on 13 August 2009 for three months for cheating 37 victims in March.

One of the blogshops she owned was k-sayuri.blogspot.com. The site has been shut down. Blogspot had even blocked anyone from registering with that block address.

To know more about her case, you can view these 2 online news report.

Blogshop woman jailed for cheating 37 buyers

Blogshop woman jailed

My Findings

I did a search on google about her and had discovered 2 blogs that followed the progress of her scam and even listed a list of the other blogshops or online shopping sites that Diana Koh owned.

K.Sayuri aka Diana Koh Scam

K Sayuri Scam

There was supposed to be validation on how she realised that the other blogshops was owned by Diana Koh but it is a pity that the photobucket account was inactive and the picture is no longer available. Nevertheless, you can view the blog to have a quick look at it.

I am not sure if all the blogshops that are listed by this lady really belonged to Diana Koh but i found a forum thread that mentioned that Diana Koh owned this other blogshop or online shopping site name Dstyle-Fashion which is not found on blogspot now. This blogshop or online shopping site was also mentioned by the lady who wrote about Diana Koh’s scam too.

Browsing through the list that was given by the lady, majority of the blogshops could not be found by blogger. Only these are available:

1)http://esabee-biz.blogspot.com/

2)http://www.fcup-jp.blogspot.com/

3)http://effairee.blogspot.com/

4)http://www.fibrena.com/

Interesting, 1), 2), 4) are selling similar items. Hmm, do you wonder does these blogs really belongs to Diana Koh?

Anyway, I do hope that the lady had done her due diligence to ensure that the blogshops do belong to Diana Koh. Otherwise, it is going to be bad publicity.

Learning Points

I mentioned in 8 Tips to Safe Online Shopping, the power of reviews and feedbacks. Do check out reviews about a particular blogshop or online shopping site. You can also participate in forums and ask if anyone have any feedback of a particular blogshop or online shopping site that you visit.

Fraud stories like such is really scary. As much as we try to shop safely online, sometimes we still do fall prey to such. All the best in your online shopping experience.

Should you be a victim of a scam, please do not hesistate to report to the police, this is for your best interest.

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