Befriended via instagram then move to wechat. self-claimed as an engineer, living in austin, texas, usa. chatted for few days then started with mushy words eg: i miss you, I love you... etc. i already knew he is a scammer, just play around to see his trick.

He wanted to come over to Asia to meet up and he chosen kuala lumpur instead of Singapore. he wants me to send an email to the travel agent appointed by his company, saying he needs to travel to visit his wife in Asia. At the same time, i checked to the official website and found out the website provided is not belong to the official network and the email address is fake too. the recommended posts are also copied and pasted from other website.

I seent the email per the content he wanted me to write. the agent replied with a cosy apartment at bangsar, kl sentral. the funny thing is, i never mentioned the date and the duration of the travelling period and the agent asked me to pay for a month upfront of U$2050 which is similar to what the scammer told. the period can be provided after the payment is made and issued in the receipt. the bank account provided is belonged to a Malaysian Malay lady. the email was replied unprofessionally as well. it is so suspicious that how can a big company appointed such a company by transferring payment to personal account? if it is an authorised travel agent, why does the TRAVELER need to pay?

Nothing was lost. the scammer got unhappy. keep PESTERING me to make the payment and he will return the money when he touches down in kuala lumpur. I refused to do that and now he said he wants to quit his job to come for me. Ignored and blocked.

details:
Name of scammer: alex wong
wechat id: alexwong5560
instagram: alexluwong
bank account: 7623449669 norhaila binti baang
Bank details: cimb bank berhad
email: homeawayworldwide@gmail.com (scam, not official. Contact for asia: support@homeaway.asia.)
website: http://www.homeawayworldwide.com/ (scam, not official. the official is https://www.homeaway.com/)