This person started to befriend me online. We had few instances of casual chats. Then, he told me he is going back to USA to work on some projects. He told me that he is a real estate developer. On one occasion, he told me that he was doing some shopping and he decided to buy something for me and sent it over as a surprise. I told him not to send the package over and wait for him to return but he insisted to send over. I asked what he sent over, but he refuse to say. I only came to know that he is sending a large package after he went to the courier and the courier contacted me of the shipment details. I started questioning him and asked why would he want to send a large package. We are not even close friends. He told me that i have to pay a custom clearance fee of sgd3000 when the shipment arrived. he knew i am not going to pay that amount and he offer to put some money in the package.

Okay, finally got notified by the courier that shipment has arrived. I trusted him initially and proceed to make a initial payment of sgd3000. I was given this account to bank in the cash.

Account name: G poor****
account number: 195224***
Bank Name: DBs

they only accept cash deposit and no other forms of transfer.

but this did not come to the end. after two days, courier informed me that the customs scanned my package and noticed some foreign currencies in the package. I was told to make another payment of sgd 13500 to procure anti-money laundering documentation. I was given another account to bank in cash using above method.
Account NAME : LEe POOi ****
Account number: 120501****
Bank name: DBS

I ring up the shipper ( so called the person i know online) and text the courier via Whatsapp to ask what is happening. THe shipper told me he was putting cash that is above the limit. I told him that it was illegal to do so and he require to declare. He claim he is not aware. I WAS RUSHED TO MAKE PAYMENT BY BOTH THE SHIPPER AND COURIER. I WENT TO MAKE PAYMENT VIA OVER-THE-COUNTER AT THE BANK.

the next day, i was shocked by another news from the courier. the parcel went for another scan and they found more items not declared. I found something is fishy and i am not going to make any payment. I told them i will not make any payment and tell them this is a scam.