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Anonymous | 06 Jul 2020

Impersonation Scam

This person by the name marian franco stephanie reached out to me through meetup group, saying that she wants to be friend and wanted to talk to me via Whatsapp as she is from ny and coming to sg for work and possibly looking at signing a contract in Singapore soon.

The number this person reached out is +1(217)5164789. Within a few days of messaging, she said she was coming to singapore through a private jet and would be here for 3 days for contract and job interview which amounted to millions.

She started asking all personal questions and started sending inappropriate pics, which I later realised when I googled that this person is taking stealing the pictures from a model instagram page name marian franco who is from mexico.

She claimed to return back to ny and asked for help to pay her real-estate agent about S$3000  and she wanted to end it once she is back to sg permanently for her work. She also sent a fake contract. When I challenged on the address given on the contract, the person put it onto the agent and said that's why she needed help as she couldn’t trust the agent if they are legitimate. Later she came back with an excuse saying she found another property and asked me to contact the agent @ +65858925?? and pay him the money and take the key from him. I got bit afraid as the address she shared this time is just within a mile of my house.

I politely asked her to back off any not message me again. While i reported the number on whatsapp, i'm not sure if i shall be making a police report as it's bit scary if this person is actually tracking me physically.

Beware friends!