I was asked to pay more than $1k for my "gifts"

Anonymous | 14 Jun 2022

Internet Love Scam

Got to know this guy from Instagram by the name of 'Hakim Hassan' recently on 25 may 2022. He is from Indonesia but grow up, live and work in Manchester, uk. (for 25 years)
he has 3 Instagram accounts apparently and 1 not privatized.

He declared his love to me in 3 days saying it was love at first sight.

Then he asked for my info like full name, address & hp number which I was reluctant to give initially because he wanted to send me gifts to prove his love but he did not mention about me having to pay any fees or info. I gave my info after some arguments with him.

Next he asked for my shoe size and showed me a video of the gifts that he was sending. After sending them then he told me that I have to pay certain cleaners courier fee for about 1k plus. The parcel arrived the next day and I received a text from the courier called Airtrust service courier (ACS) telling me to pay $1350 for parcel clearance but I ignored and didnt answered their call at all.

I immediately google to check, i read someone was scammed for the similar case too.

No money lost so far.