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My elderly father doesn’t know how to use a smartphone. So I got him his cdc vouchers in paper version from cc.
A few days ago, he went out alone for lunch and ordered dish from mixed rice stall at Redhill that cost $6.50.
He handled the cashier one $5 voucher coupon who scanned it and told him it’s no long valid, someone has used it. So he handled the cashier a second piece, also ended with same problem. The cashier asked for a third piece, by now, my father knew something was not right, as he was alone and old, he couldn’t do anything to verify, so he decided to pay cash and walk away.
When he told me about the incident, I checked his cdc voucher account and found the 2 transactions registered successfully at the same stall at around the same timing. So he paid $16.50 for a mixed rice dish.
So I lodged a police report…..not sure if there is enough evidence for police to act on it.
The police told me there are many such cases.
I believe many elderly victims didn’t know how to check their account and will let this pass, since it’s not a lot money and they are afraid of causing more inconvenience..That’s what my father told me initially, but I feel I have to expose such scammers, otherwise, more eldely ppl will fall victim to these scammers.
