Email Scam

From someone's Email:

OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF CREDIT CONTROL INTERNATIONAL CREDIT BANK PLC, 101-103 AVENUE, KWAME NKURUMAH, OUAGADOUGOU BURKINA FASO. EMAIL:tiremawest_bf@list.ru
Dear Sir/Madame,

RE; REQUEST FOR YOU TO STAND AS A NEXT OF KIN AND REPATRIATE 5.5 MILLION USD TO YOUR PRIVATE/COMPANY ACCOUNT.

I was mandated by the Managing Director of INTERNATIONAL CREDIT BANK PLC to ascertain your interest and capability to Co-operate with us in actualizing this highly rewarding project on repatriation of funds to your country.

Are you willing to be presented as the bonafide next of kin to Mr.Floyd Tarantino, a crude oil merchant from Australia.

Mr.Floyd operated a fixed Deposit account of Five Million five hundred thousand United States Dollars(US$5,500,000.00) with INTERNATIONAL CREDIT BANK PLC.

Sequel to his death, the Bank made concerted effort to contact the immediate family in Australia in order to re-claim and transfer the ownership of the fund.

Unfortunately, the Bank discovered recently that the immediate families of the depositor Mr. Floyd were also drastically affected by the same Tsunami while on holidays.

Apparently, the fund is now in full custody of the Bank.

After a very serious survey, I and the CEO of the Bank decided to repatriate this fund to a trustworthy and reliable overseas bank account for high yield investment portfolios.

The modality of disbursing the fund will be discussed fully with the Bank-Account owner/provider, which we are offering you. All the documents establishing the deposit of the fund and empowering you to be Next of Kin/Beneficiary of the fund will be perfectly secured in your name if interested in helping secure the fund.

Transfer of this fund can be swiftly and successfully implemented within 14 bank working days if you provide the necessary overseas infrastructure required to realize the objective.

Please protect my position in my bank by keeping everything secret and confidential until we transfer this funds to your distination.

Be kind enough to confirm the receipt of this message for more clarification.

Awaiting your reply.


Sincerely,
Mr.Tirema West (JP).
N:B Please reply via this email:tiremawest_bf@list.ru

Munchy Donut

Bought a box of donuts from the Toa Payoh outlet for $12.
I tried Chezzz and Choz B'nana Volcano. Like Chezzz but the Choz B'nana Volcano take a bit to get use to.
Top row from left: Chezzz, Typhoon Oreo, Choz B'nana Volcano, Silly-mon
Second row from left: Putting Green, Choz O'Cream, Choz O'Nutter, Rainbow Choz
Bottom row from left: So Futti, Choz O'Latte, Power Pop, Blueberry Volcano




Munchy Donut
Website: http://www.munchydonut.com/

Beng Hiang Restaurant

Fish Maw Thick Soup

Spiced Sausage & Fried Prawn Ball

Pork Ribs with Delicious Sauce

Steam Tilapia
Sea Cucumber with Duck
Deep Fried Bean Curd with Pork Floss

Fried Vermicelli

Steamed Bread with Braised Brisket

And end with a soup of green bean soup each. Bill average $40 per person.

Hate the service. It like we have to help ourselves to change plates and food coming in very fast.

Beng Hiang Restaurant

Address: 112-116 Amoy Street Singapore 069932
Tel : (65) 6221 6695 / (65) 6221 6684

Website: http://www.benghiang.com/

Provence Bakery

Was in Holland Village for lunch and decided to get some bread for tea too.

Milk Pan $1.50

Brazillan Cheese Bun $0.60

Provence Bakery

Address:17A Lorong Liput Holland Village

Tel: 6467 6966

Operating Hours:

Mon-Fri: 9.30am - 8.30pm

Sat & Sun: 8.30am - 8.30pm

Website: http://www.provence.com.sg/

Singlish

Makan => eat
Go Stun => reverse
LKK => short for Lau Kor Kor, which means old fashion

Purple Sage

Ordered Menu B $15/pax for 60 persons. By paying with Citibank, I enjoy 10% off with a free chocolate fudge cake too.

Air Flown Mesclun with Shredded Tea-smoked Chicken in Tangy Orange Dressing

Sauteed Creamy ItaLian Pasta with Sliced Chicken Pieces

Spicy Shrimp Fried Rice Middle East Style
Not spicy at all, normal

Oven Baked Boneless Coffee Chicken on a Bed of Crispy Vermicelli
This dish is everyone's favourite. First to finish.

Baked Fish Fillet with Fiery Cayenne Pepper Sauce

Wok Fried Broccoli & Tofu in Almond Butter Sauce

Crispy Golden Parcel with Thai Plum Sauce
Taste very well with the unexpected sauce.

Breaded Prawns with Japanese Wasabi Mayo Dip
Bread and Butter Pudding with Vanilla Sauce

Chocolate Fudge Cake

Total damages with $40 transport + GST = $909.50

I think of all the caterers I have used so far, this one is best. There is nice presentation with beautiful deco of real flowers in between the trays of food, which most caterers has not take up to do so. And their service is also fast and good too.

Purple Sage

Website: http://www.purplesage.com.sg/index1.php?sz=2

Tel: 6396 6990
Address: 32 Sultan Gate Singapore 198 480

Tiramisutra

Ordered tiramisu cakes this month from Tiramisutra.

Choco-misu Cake (non-alcoholic version, 7", S$42)

rich chocolate layered with mascarpone cheese, sponge fingers

Someone remarked that he feels high after eat this cake. Mmm. I remember it is non-alcoholic.

Side view of Choco-misu

Tiramisu Cake (Kahlua version, 7", S$40)
Italian style tiramisu made with mascarpone cheese,
sponge fingers and soaked in coffee and lots of liqueur.

Side view of Tiramisu Cake

Berrymisu Cake (alcoholic version, 7", S$42)
mixed fruits soaked in rum and brandy, layered with
mascarpone cheese and sponge fingers

Side View of Berrymisu Cake

Overall there is nothing left of the cakes within the meal. Wow. Which everyone like them very much.

Tiramisutra
Website: http://www.tiramisutra.com/mainpage5.html
Tel: 672-672-97
Email: orders@tiramisutra.com
Delivery Times
Monday - Saturday : 9:00am - 1pm & 2:00pm - 6:00pm
No deliveries on Sundays

Pret

Was walking in Raffles Place looking for breakfast 10am in the morning. Since most shops are not yet, decided on Pret. Bought a crayfish sandwich and a wasabi prawns sandwich $3.80 each.

Both looks similar but the crayfish one fares better as it got bigger chucks of meat in it and taste better too.

The crayfish inside the sandwich

Pret a Manger

Website: http://www.pret.com/

Address: 35 Robinson Road, #01-02/06 The Ogilvy Center, Singapore

Tel: +65 6323 4165

Donut Factory II

Hi Donut Factory has opened a new branch at Velocity @ Novena Square. It is the biggest branch so far with seatings. There are also sofa seats by the window. Currently there is a promotion for every order of coffee, there will be a free glazed donut.

Order a DF set (2 donuts with a capuccino) $5.50. Plus the free glazed donut. As a cup of cupuccino cost $3.50 and each donut cost $1.30, it is a good value deal. And further more you don't have to join the long queue for donut. There is another counter for those ordering from menu. There is also sandwiches, salads, ice-creams on the menu.

Donut Factory
Website: http://donutfactory.com.sg/
Address: #02-33/34/42 VELOCITY @ NOVENA SQUARE
238 THOMSON ROAD Singapore 37683
Operating Hours: 10am - 9.30pm

The Vines Seafood and Steak

Look to have reasonable prices for set lunch and decided to go in to eat.

Start with the soup of the day, mushroom soup.

You may also top another $1.50 onwards to change to other soups.

Followed by main course of lamb shank.

And Grilled Fish

And end with a slice of strawberry cream swiss roll and coffee/tea.

Total damages:

Fish set lunch $8.50

Lamb shank set lunch $14.20

plus 7% GST => $24.29

The Vines Seafood and Steak

Address: 275 Thomson Road, 01-07 Novena Ville (Opposite Novena Church)

Tel: 6255-2838

Operating Hours: 11.30am to 10.30pm daily

Phone Scams Impersonating Supreme Court Staff And Police Officers

please beware of the scam
http://www.spf.gov.sg/mic/2007/071018_supcourtphonescam.htm

From someone's Email:
About noon time, there is an incoming call to my office direct line.
When I pick up the call, it was a voice recorded message that said, "You have a message from the Supreme Court. Press 9 to listen to the message."
I pressed 9 and it was transferred to an operator that answered by saying, "Supreme Court reception, can I help you?"
I told her I received a voice message from Supreme Court telling me to press 9 to listen to that message.
She proceeds to ask me for my name and I/C number.
So I told her and it sounded like as it she is keying in and paused awhile and told me I had a notice from Supreme Court with a charge of working with "Ah long" (Illegal > Loan sharks) to open 2 bank accounts for them and the Supreme Court had already sent me Court summon letter to me.
I was so shocked and told her I did not know any loan sharks and I will never do that and I did not receive any letter from Court at all.
She told me for that I'm one of the person who is involved in this illegal act and if I want to verify my case, she would get the CID police in charge of this case to call me.
In less than a few minutes, I received a call from someone who claimed to be a CID officer looking for me.
I answered him I am the person he's looking for.
He told me that on such a date, the police had cracked down and napped a "ah long" (Illegal Loan Sharks) and in his house, they found a name list containing several bank accounts open by a group of people and I happen to be one of them.
I was so socked and told him that I never would do such a thing and I do not know any ah long or loan sharks at all.
He then challenge me and told me, "do you want to see the evident we got?"
I told him, "Yes I would like to come down to your police office to see it because I did not do that." I th e n asked him to give me the address, which department he is from and his name so that I can go down to see him.
He gave me his name is Officer Khoo Boon Hui at Police HQ. CID Tower. Blk C, level 5.
His office number is 6435 0000.
However he quickly change the subject and ask me a few questions to pretend to be investigating me.
He asked me have I lost my I/C, Bank account book?
I answered No.
He then asked me did I let anyone photocopied my I/C or Bank account book?
I thought for a while and answered him I did a few months back at DBS Bank when I thought of opening a Investment Account.
He then told me that it could be due to corruption, the bank officer may have sold my data to the Ah long (loan shark) in return for some cash.
He told me since from his investigation he assume I'm innocent and one of those whose I/C and bank data the ah long (loan shark) obtained from corrupt bank officers to make false ID and bank document to open bank account, he would fax my case to a Supreme Court office to further investigate and present my case before the Judge.
As such there is no need to go down to see him at the police HQ he said.
He told me he will get the> Supreme Court officer in charge to call me and further arrange how she can help me to plead with the Judge together with those innocent parties that had been framed.
From the voice of that man officer who talked to me, I can tell his speaking accents sound like from China.
My mind was so confused and troubled after hearing him talked to me all these things I did not question that at the moment.
In a while time, a lady called me on my mobile phone saying the "CID" who had earlier on investigated me had called her and told her about my case.
She would need me to cooperate with her in further investigation.
She told me that she would need to begin to do a series of questions she need me to answer honestly.
All my conversation with her will be recorded as Court evident.
It's so professionally done that you think you're really going through a investigation answering those questions like did you disclose any of your bank information, documents, ID to anyone?
Did you loss your passport, ID, bank book, credit card?...
At the end of the series of questions, she told me that they are working together with international police to crack down these illegal ah long loan sharks organization that go around corrupt bank officers to sell their customer's bank information, photo copied ID document to do fake IDs, passports, and open bank accounts for them.
She told me that right now just because I said I'm innocent it doesn't prove anything.
She need me to do one last thing.
She asked me how many bank account do I have and how much money I have in my bank account.
She said she need me to cooperate with them to check my bank account to see if there's a ny activities transactions that are unusual.
She need me to go to Bankok Bank at Cecil street to TT my bank account money to this "International Police" account to monitor and protect my money for me as my bank account is no longer saved as anytime it could be frozen.
If I am really innocent and has nothing to do with any ah long organization, I would cooperate with them to help them catch any party that is using my account to wash black money for them.
If I don't cooperate with them to TT my money then it is clear to them that I have something to do with ah long organization and she shall turn me over to the Judge straight away to pled me guilty and sentence me.
It was under so much confusion and fear that they succeed to con people to TT money to this unknown "International police officer" said to be someone who will monitor any suspicious transactions, dealing and to save guard and protect the victim's money.
She assured me that if after the investigation is> over> about 2 hours later, after they checked my account and found nothing unusual and no black money, that international police officer will contact me and will TT the money back into my bank account.
I was really confused and when I kept asking her for any black and white to verify her identity to really make sure she is a real officer from Supreme Court that she told me her name is officer Hong Mui Ying and I can reach her at this Supreme Court telephone number: 63381034.
She told me not to hang up and not to tell anybody about what I'm about to do so that it will not mess up their investigation process.
She instructs me to go to 108 Cecil Street, BangKok Bank to TT the money.
She told me to talk to her when I arrived at BangKok Bank then she would disclose to me the details of the International Police to whom I am to TT my money to.
The following is the details she gave me to TT my bank money to when I arrived at Bangkok Bank: -
Name of person receiving the money: MOORDOO JAESH
Account No: 398-073768-2
Address: MAESAI
I almost TT one thousand dollars to this account she gave me to TT my money to.
But while I was at the counter, something on the inside of me tells me, "how could you simply believe these things she talked to you about?
How do you know if she really is a Supreme Court officer?
You don't even know who this person she told you to TT your money to.
What if this is a cheat and once you TT your money over to this unknown person, you get cheated of your money?"
So I withhold what I was about to do at that moment and started to talk to this "Supreme Court officer" again on the phone.
I asked her if I can go down to Supreme Court and look for her to verify her identity also with Supreme Court too.
She told me she would be very busy as she is handling a lot of such cases and may not have time to see me.
She kept telling me to cooperate with her if I'm really innocent and should let them check my money which makes no sense to me.
Finally I said to her, "I really want to go down to Supreme Court to verify your identity and I don't mind waiting for you at the Supreme Court. Should you be busy, I'll wait for you at Supreme Court and also want to check with the officer at Supreme Court too if you really are an Officer who work there."
She then said, "ok, you may come down to Supreme Court and look for me."
After I put down the phone, I went straight to Supreme Court to look for her.
To my surprise, when I was there at Supreme Court reception counter to ask for this lady officer, the receptionist told me that there isn't any such lady officer in Supreme Court and I'm not the only person who had came down to look for or called to look for these lady officer.
Then the receptionist took out a recent newspaper and showed me that recently a man was cheated of $10,000 also received such call claiming to be officer from Supreme Court.
The Supreme Court receptionist then asked me for my name and IC number when I was there at Supreme Court reception counter to check if there are any real court case or charges I have.
So I gave him my IC number and Name.
After searching through the system, he told me that he cannot find any charges or court case with me.
It was then I realized that I have been conned by those 3 people who had impersonated to be Supreme Court staff and CID.
Then the receptionist told me that it is better for me to go down to a police station to do a police report on this and I went down to Kreta Ayer NPP to made a police report on the same day 24/10/2007.
I hope the police would quickly catch these evil cheaters out there trying to cheat people of their money.
The police officer at Kreta Ayer NPP also told me I'm not the only victim of such case.
He told me I can go and read about this at - http://www.spf.gov.sg/mic/2007/071018_supcourtphonescam.htm

MOF

Have been walking pass MOF and decided to give it a try after my first choice is too crowded. Ordered salmon shabu shabu set and topup another $3 more for dessert and coffee.

salmon shabu shabu set

which come with potato salad, vegetables, miso soup, the raw salmon slices to cook with and the apple sauce in the metal cup.

Coffee

Not too thick, just nice for not usually drink coffee people like me

Macha Imo

Soft serve with green tea sauce, red bean and hot sweet potato dumplings (2 pieces)
Unique dish

MOF
Website: http://www.ministryoffood.com.sg/
Tel: 63342202
Address: Marina Square (Cafe & Restaurant)6 Raffles Boulevard #02-128E Center Stage S(039594)