Scammers use adult dating sites to con would-be adulterers
November 18, 2013 - 1:20am
By: Zul Othman
TNP ILLUSTRATION: TEOH YI-CHIE
Adult dating sites have been in the spotlight recently and many have criticised them for promoting adultery.
But it seems there is a bigger danger: Scammers are also targeting these sites to cheat men of money.
Last year, ‘Marsha’ contacted James (not his real name) through an adult dating website, offering him access into an exclusive sex club.
The sex parties, Marsha claimed, are held at a five-star hotel every month. All he had to do was to hand over his credit card details to pay for a one-time joining fee of $100.
James went to the hotel and waited in the lobby for three hours. Marsha never came.
“Looking back it was a silly thing to do. I had never met those girls and my credit card was used to pay for something I never bought,” said the 39-year-old, who works in the hospitality industry.
Read the full report in The New Paper on Monday (Nov 18).
