I lost $3.5k to Internet Love Scammer

Anonymous | 16 May 2019

Internet Love Scam
That person add me in FB and we started chatting on 8th May, he claimed that he's a Singaporean and currently working in NYC, one day he said he that bought me a gift as he also bought her mother a gift for mother's day.

After that, 2 days courier service message (fake) said that i need to pay S$3,500 for postage and taxes fee as the parcel is 20kg. I messaged scammer regarding the situation and asked the scammer why I needed to pay, he said that don't worry just pay first because inside parcel he put some money for me as he knows that need to pay that large amount of money (as in like I no need to pay that money). The next day, I paid the money through cash deposit to a unknown guy.

Then, on the same day I received a message from courier service ( fake ) that i needed to pay $10,500 for penalty as Malaysia customs scanned inside the parcel and noted that it contained a large amount of money. As it was illegal under the Malaysian law, he said that they are afraid that it's an act of money laundering. I called the scammer (is like Indian voice) again and told him regarding the situation and told him that i'm not going to pay for $10,500.

Then, he said that I had to put everything inside and if I don't help him his life would be the end. I told him that to borrow money from friends to pay for it.