So the "scammer" is actually a Singaporean.
But this article shows one simple word: REALITY.
A lot of people always wanted to have plans for themselves in future when they were young. Some wanted to be white collar, some wanted to be investors, MOST wanted to do business, and some of them just wanted to "live a simple life". Well, thinking of that is free, and everyone will just go about thinking of how their DREAM lifestyle will be - when they achieved it.
But as they grow older, they realise that their dreams are getting harder to achieve. Why? COMPETITION. Remember Singapore is only 5 mil worth of population, with 40% being foreigners. So what standing can we take when we are placed within the 6 BILLION population? And because of that, we start to see our DREAM lifestyle drifting further and further away. We can no longer keep them in sight, on mind.
As life progresses to adult stage, we saw ourselves entering the working society. Again, competition. We start to lose confidence in ourselves being the best of the best (which most of us view it as the ideal path to achieving our dreams) and we get stuck in the RAT RACE. Settling for an "ordinary" career, we set ourselves into working day and night, every single working day, for God knows how long, just to fulfill our daily needs. Thrown with the responsibility of a family to take care of, wonder if the meagre pay check we painfully exchanged our blood, sweat, health, family time, every single month is even enough to feed the whole family.
Coming to this stage, we turned back, and EH! WHERE DID MY DREAM GO TO? Didn't i say i wanted to be this wanted to be that? Come on snap back to reality please. Those dreams are a thing of the past. Do not think of that anymore. You can't make it. And reality just snaps your dreams apart. Congrats. You are now LIVING FOR THE SAKE OF LIVING.
Did anyone want this to happen? NO! But wad happened? It's the difference in CHOICE that we make in our early stages in our lives. We tend to be too comfortable in our lives as a student, as a part timer, and we don't intend to step out of our comfort zone and do something extra. What is that extra stuff? Well its up to u to research on; everyone has their own set of "extra stuff" to do, which could change their future.
The thing is, if you are SERIOUS about your future, take the first step NOW. Wait no longer. Opportunity dont wait for anyone. But dont be so stupid as to go around scamming.