BIG, BAD WOLFISH KL! beware the CONmen!

As urbanisation sets it, it maket man un-sociable and the neighburhood unfriendly -- nay, un-human, or inhuman? Whatever, the case of YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW YOUR IMMEDIATENEIGHBOUR'S NAME ... that demonstrates my point.

Which is why L always liken Koala Lumpuh as one BIG, BAD WOLFISH CITY, where angels and lil red riding hood should not tread.
I was waylaid by a hood as I relatedin my post yesterday; had Desi been a fe-mail, ..... badder leave to it to my XteamedReaders' vivid (Bro Imran, yours vivacious one...?) imagine-nation.

Read theSUN page 12 today (hey, don't be lazy I.Cowws altho it's TGIF! Goto the nearest 7ELEVEN, and don't stop to speak with Xtrangers!:()

Hang up when this conman calls

Paraphrasing on the run, the story goes:

"*Victim executive makes an appointment with a man -- styling as a company financial CONtroller, how appropriate! --who called about giving V's company some business. As they chatted at a pastry restaurant at (Salem) Lot 10, downtown BIG, BAD ..., a call came to V's handphone, purportedly from CON's wife.
V passed the phone to CON who then excused himself, saying his wife had just arived from outstation and he was steping out "for a while" to give her directins.
The "for a while" turned out to be "yesterday and then the morrows after" for V< who loked at a clutch bag left behind by CON.The souvenirs were some brochures and leaflets to remember CON by.*"


DESIDERATA: Now you understand why Desi needs to get out of BIG BAD ... KL.. but can't avoid it-lah, cari makan-kan dan jalan-jalan!
My most Xpensive loss to CONmen came to about RM2,000 to RM400 respectedly ..oops, respectively.
What about yours? I hope your figures beat mine -- Guinea's BukuRekod?
WoW, "RM712 for a bowl of soup"NO-lah, thhis is NO CON JOB. It's Alex Chow's MONK JUMPS OVER THE WALL dish; you wanna spend me this Sundae? I'll forego my CON BF!

Desi received another story via the Email, reprised UNEDITED here, Desi joins the ranlks of I>Cowws2. Not sure whether this is true --but still it's the Moral of the Tail:

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"***I just heard a few days ago that a new type of crime has surfaced in town.
It goes something like this:- Somebody slips a handphone into your pocket.
sometimes it could be just a wallet with an identity card and a few
ringgits. A few minutes later, the 'owner' comes up and confronts you, the
'thief '. He makes a big commotion that you stole his stuff. You, caught
unaware, are then pulled aside by the 'owner' for a settlement you are
intimidated and threatened that if you do not pay up the police will be
brought in. If you pay up, this 'owner' lets you go. If not, the police are
brought in.

Another strange thing is that there always seems to be a 'witness' to the
your 'theft'. I am told this often happens to foreigners at the Kuala
Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) or even at LRT trains. Given that
you're 'guilty until proven innocent' as far as the Malaysian police are
concerned, I understand some poor people are in jail for these 'offences'.

At the KLIA, the 'owner' throws his handphone and wallet with the few
ringgit notes into the luggage trolley of a just arrived passenger. The
drama unfolds a few minutes later. The real culprit has easily convinced
our Malaysian police to arrest the real victim (if he has not paid up the
'settlement' demand). This is a very serious matter.

This is another form of extortionists perating in broad daylight. They are
disgusting criminals who will do anything to rob and steal. The sickening
part of the whole scenario is that unless you pay the "settlement" money,
they will put you in real trouble by calling the police. The real culprit
gets back his handphone and wallet but the real victim (i.e. could be
any one of us) is thrown into the police lock up and charged in court.

So do be very careful, otherwise you may end up as a "thief" as you have no
way to prove your innocence.*"

PS: Sorry if I spoilt the reputation of KL-ites, is that how they call you people dwelling here, the capitalist city posing at tDa Capitol of Malaysia? Also, my apologies to Da Wolf who gobbled up li'l rrh:(