The document seemed quite legit, from the logo of the property agency to the real estate agent's license number. Which is why home seeker Felix Lim said he didn't suspect anything was amiss when he put down some $6,700 of his hard-earned money to secure a HDB unit at Toa Payoh. Only to realise later that he had been the...
The document seemed quite legit, from the logo of the property agency to the real estate agent's license number.
After hunting for just a month, they finally found a Design, Build and Sell Scheme unit at Toa Payoh and contacted the alleged agent who had listed the unit for sale last month, Felix told AsiaOne. To be safe, he said he did his due diligence and looked up the agent, company and license before proceeding with the deal.
"The scammers have really elaborate tactics nowadays," Lim said, adding that he later found out that the scammer had gotten hold of an actual property agent's signature, license number and a landlord's identification certificate.After the scammer disappeared, Lim did some digging and said that he found the actual agent's number who then told him that there were scammers who have been impersonating him.