Thursday 27 September 2012

Initiative to blacklist a group of Singapore scam companies related to Starz Privileges and Lifestyle Pacific International

To bust a syndicate down to the roots and to hell, we really have to assist the enforcement authorities. Yes, the enforcement needs us. So today, I am just having a brilliant idea.

I like to take the initiative to blacklist as many Jerry Tan Kim Huat & Co.'s companies, addresses, contact numbers and contact persons who have been scamming the public and the nation's funds. Who knows one day this list will come in handy?

I shall start with what I have from real documents and validated information from contributors.


(A) Main companies and addresses that are blacklisted:

1. Starz Privileges f.k.a. Cours Montreux International (201020882Z)
2. Lifestyle Pacific International (201203272Z)
3. Emperor Travel (200416296W)


(1) - (3) operating address:
20B Teck Lim Road, SG 088391



4. Crown Holiday Exchange (200401773M)*
Last known address:
 123 Penang Road, #03-12, SG 238465
*Status @ ACRA: LIVE as at 27/9/2012


5. Discovery VIII International Pte Ltd (199702746Z)
6. iDiscover International Pte Letd (200902828M)
7. The Discovery Group Pte Ltd (201202885R) - <CLICK TO READRED ALERT: ON CASE's CONSUMER ALERT LIST

(5)-(7) Operating address:
300 Beach Road, #33-4/5/6, The Concourse, SG 199555




8. Asia Pacific Bullion Pte Ltd (201203007R)  - <CLICK TO READRED ALERT: ON MAS' INVESTOR ALERT LIST 
300 Beach Road, #33-04/05/06, The Concourse SG 199555 
Tel: 6298 8881
Fax: 6298 8886

371 Beach Road, #06-00 Keypoint, SG 199597
Tel: 6692 7777
Fax: 6692 7778



9. The Gold Guarantee Pte Ltd (201118364Z) - <CLICK TO READRED ALERT: ON MAS' INVESTOR ALERT LIST 

42A Boat Quay, SG (049831)




10. Singapore Precious Metals Pte Ltd (200804906H)
138 Robinson Road, #09-06/10, The Corporate Office, SG 068906


11. Travelz.com.sg (Please share and warn the public)
10 Anson Road #33-04A International Plaza Singapore

Travel.com.sg as at 7/11/2014 takes on the same registered address as Starz Privileges f.k.a. Cours Montreux International (201020882Z) based on ACRA records.


The following requires contribution




(B) Names & contact numbers of employees that called victims for presentations from any of the above companies


Eg.
Company A/ contact person:  / contact number

Company B/ contact person:  / contact number





(C) Names & contact numbers of other companies that are 'subset' of entire syndicate:

Eg
Company A1/ contact person:  / contact number

Company B1/ contact person:  / contact number




I really want to bust Jerry Tan's balls and ass. Surely he wouldn't be offended as he is a thick skinned scammer.


Who else likes to contribute please feel welcome. Pass the message around we want to see them go down.


94 comments:

  1. I'm very impressed by your efforts to setup this blog and alert others of the scammers in Singapore.
    Would really hope to bust this syndicate!

    I was stupid enough to be scammed by Discovery VIII in 2009. Recently, naive enough to fall for Asia Pacific Bullion Gold scheme.

    The telemarketing company that called had caller id of +401, +402, +4044, etc.

    Asia Pacific Bullion:
    Damaris Tham 97870217.
    Such a nice lady, hard to believe that she's bad.

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  2. Is not difficult to get a list of companies that is related to Jerry Tan at ACRA. According to ACRA,Jerry tan started businesses as early as in the 80s selling clothings and even changkol etc...His later businesses includes renting of electronic hardwares (Lemonnet etc...).

    I don't understand why he has to resort to unethical ways to the extent of scamming in order to make good money. I think there is something wrong with his upbringing.

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  3. So if it's already happened, anyway I can do to cut the cost to the lowest? I can't believe they are doing this. Goodness.

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    1. Here is the the spammer you are all looking for, i have her home address and her full name here right now......contact the police to arrest her right now...
      Full name....YUSNITA BINTE MOHAMED YATIM
      Home address....Blk 619,Bukit Panjang Ring Road # 06-840 Singapore 6
      working now in...... Logistics Executive in a transportation company

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  4. I do sign up discover 8 for $10K with month installment of $100/month. I have made a payment total of $6K++. sigh.
    Long story. Plan for a short holiday on neighbour country, in which the plan suppose to get good discounted deals instead, the charge is way too high. Furthermore other availble discounted website offer much more interesting deals.

    Any advise guys?

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    1. The only advice I can give you is stop paying them if your next 50% is due. Ignore them even if they ask for payment.

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    2. hi@ Anonymous24 October 2012 07:46 = did u get a solution for your problem ?

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  5. Got a Picture of this scammer? Add him and all his companies to www.BlacklistPlanet.com. Let the whole world see who this scammer is.

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  6. I shared this on www.BlacklistPlanet.com ... Hope it exposes him more! Bust these scammers!!!

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  7. Hi guys, has anyone heard about the "Emperor Travel Loyalty Program" offered Emperor Travel Pte Ltd recently?

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    1. Hi Sherly,

      Yes, my friend just got cheated. Did this happen to you?

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    2. Hi,

      I just got cheated too, did your friend tried going back there? Care to share more with me ?

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    3. Here is the the spammer you are all looking for, i have her home address and her full name here right now......contact the police to arrest her right now...
      Full name....YUSNITA BINTE MOHAMED YATIM
      Home address....Blk 619,Bukit Panjang Ring Road # 06-840 Singapore 6
      working now in...... Logistics Executive in a transportation company

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    4. Hi Shirley,

      I also got cheated. Did you proceed to small tribunal? maybe you can also report to police?

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    5. i got cheated too, do you mind sharing more with me.

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  8. I like to bring to everyone attention if you are thinking of making a career change to a wedding planner, there is currently a scam in town call the "DoWed" (http://www.dowed.com.sg/)where they are engage as wedding planner to help newly wed couple in their wedding.

    They also conduct course on wedding planner under the name "DoWed Academy", and the owner is Sherwin Lee the scamer at large. The fees he charges are high S$2600, in which he promise there will be a employment after completing the course, which he also make everyone of his students sign the employment letter, the course become a scam on the very first day we all started, to my surprise, there were no sales kit given as promise, instead he give us someone else wedding planner sales kits which to me is totally unethical to begin with. This is the wedding planner program we receive from him: http://www.willrichbridal.com/wedding-packages.html, and it is really unbelievable, a professional wedding planner company does not have their own wedding package, they use a link that belongs to another company.

    He is always giving excuses on a last minutes basic and reason to cancelled the classes, and his reasons are like ... my dog is sick, he is sick but when you see the things he uploaded to his facebook the activity he didn't look sick but very well and alive and drinking like a horse ... https://www.facebook.com/sherwinl, other reasons, he give was office air-condition not working, office under renovation, meeting etc but he seem to have a lot of his time having long holidays trip to Japan and America. i believe the expense of his long and very expensive holiday trip are all from the course fees we all paid and not deliver.

    We all start the course last year, May 2012, and there is suppose to have an exam in Nov 2012, because he cancelled almost of the classes therefore, we can no longer is able to follow the timetable as set by him.

    He also promise that the class will be given a lists of listing for us to start with, which he also conveniently brush us aside saying that we do not deserve to be given because we are not committed. and he took the listing that belong to us and when away to work on it, what a scam!!!!

    Then he when on a super long holiday in the States without completely the course with us and this trip was make in early 2013, when he return, we question him about not being able to deliver what we pay for and promise, and to our surprise, he told us that there is nothing to learn from him and so the class just ended with out an examination ... what a scam!!!!!

    He took everyone for a ride in the up most unethical way to earn a living, lies after lies he has been telling and putting the blame on us for his self fish gains .... We are all at a lost as to what should we do with a man scam like this. But I believe we are not the only one, I did a check and found our that they were other victim in his earlier courses too ... sigh!

    He will be conducting another scam class soon by DoWed Academy in July 2013, I believe, that money that he is working toward is to up keep his high life and expensive lifestyle on the expense of the innocent people. I hope people who are like us thinking of making a career switch and want to spend our hard earn money on the right investment, just be very very aware about this company call "DoWed" and the owner is Sherwin Lee.

    Lastly, do spread the word around, S$2600 is not a lot of money to him but is a lot and lot of money to many of us. Even about to be wed couple, please stay far, far away from him and this company, trust me you will not be paying and getting what you want.

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    1. Hey! About this Dowed thing... Can you email me pls? I just got selected today.. Is what you say really true? Please kindly revert? I want to know more... My email is orchidislove@yahoo.com.sg

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    2. totally agree with every words you have mentioned.

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    3. Hi, hope to touch base with you and learn more. Will appreciate if you can drop me a mail at angryperson.50@gmail.com if you see this message.

      Thanks.

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    4. Hello all!

      Please please help!

      Im currently undergoing the course provided by DoWed.
      I signed up for it 'cos it was advertised as a job opening position in jobstreet in march.
      We were promised a refund of 2,500 and conversion to full timers should we hit the targets for 3 consecutive months. The course started in late April but till now, we still have no leads.
      However, theres no cancellation of lessons so far except for the signing of appointment letter.
      We only attended 2 of Sherwin's lessons, the others are all conducted by external speakers.
      I cant deny the lessons are of little use and the notes are practically useless.

      All of us are having doubts now and I feel so dumb signing up for it after reading all the comments.
      It is true I should have done some research prior to signing but according to my friends, these news seemed to surface only recently.

      Please advice and I would love to learn more about this 'scam' as well.

      I can be contacted at jusmiie@hotmail.com

      Please please help! thanks so much :))

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    5. Haiyo, Is anyone reporting this to CASE? So many of you here, you can get your money back if all of you report diligently.

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  9. Hey! About this Dowed thing... Can you email me pls? I just got selected today.. Is what you say really true? Please kindly revert? I want to know more... My email is orchidislove@yahoo.com.sg

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  10. Hi there, could you update me as well? I got selected too. The whole thing seems pretty attractive besides the $2500 course fee. And I found it a bit strange that they couldn't even tell me a range of basic pay for full time staff, which I kept asking. They just say it's too wide so they can't advise. I'm pretty interested in this position but I want to be completely sure it's not a scam. Thank you! My email is shadesofblue91@hotmail.com.

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  11. Oh my god!!! I did not think this was true until I attended it too, he kept blaming us for the not committed too and classes was always cancelled last min without much notice and I did not receive any listings from him after our road show as promised. He also make use of us as free labor and he promise that there will be free transport and he didn't provide I have to find my way there. Despite of the big plan and career promises he did not deliver any I can endorse on this too it is a scam. DO NOT PARK YOUR MONEY ON THEM THERE IS REAL WEDDING PLANNER ACADEMY AND THERE IS REALLY NO FUTURE CAREER. I think the only people that benefited is his girl friend. Also a scammer. Do you search before you sign up for any courses!

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    1. Sorry I mean THEY DoWed Academy is NOT A REAL WEDDING PLANNER ACADEMY nothing but a SCAM and a RIPOFF!

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    2. Here is the the spammer you are all looking for, i have her home address and her full name here right now......contact the police to arrest her right now...
      Full name....YUSNITA BINTE MOHAMED YATIM
      Home address....Blk 619,Bukit Panjang Ring Road # 06-840 Singapore 6
      working now in...... Logistics Executive in a transportation company

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  12. Hi can you also share with me more about this as im also one of the selected candidate and thot this might be a good opportunity for my career switch. Can you pls email me more details at sinlycute@hotmail.com . Thanks in advance.

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  13. Oh dear!!! I've been selected and made payment via a cheque!! I've quickly cancelled my cheque already after reading the posts here... Any more information on this company?

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  14. Oh, tat is really bad!
    I heard a similar case from my friend.
    Money paid,no programme, and only make use of them as free labour.

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  15. Oh yes, this is all true, I was one of his students and before I signed up, he promised a lot and made it sound like there was really a career opportunity. However, after he cashed in the cheque, he began to under-deliver. I remember during our first few classes, he mentioned to us that one of his students wrote on his Facebook about how the class did not deliver. He told us not to do the same and said that the student did not give him face. At that moment I was also hoping that this would not happen to us, but true enough, after the 1st month of courses, his true colours surfaced. Initially, classes were cancelled with a reason given, but after a while, he didn’t even try to justify his absence. He just smsed to say that there would be no class tonight and expected us to accept it. So if you are lucky to be picked, then you are even luckier to know me as I can tell you all about it so as to avoid having your hard-earned money being used to support someone else’s life style.

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  16. Lately, there are many scam academy in Singapore, you see them in Forex, financial, spa, internet, catering and of course wedding planner etc.

    You guys should do your research before you sign up for any courses. Go to this website : http://www.cpe.gov.sg and do a check and see if it is a register with the Council for Private Education. In this case I did a check and sadly, "DoWed Academy" is not register at all, so it is consider an illegal institution. You can report to the authority about their activities. You can also go to CASE to log a complains at this website http://www.case.org.sg or a small claims tribunals visit this website : http://app.subcourts.gov.sg/subcourts/index.aspx if you want a refund.

    Hope you guys can get your money back and remember do your research before you sign up for any courses, good luck!

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  17. I read with a lot of anger that this idiot is still around cheating people with his fake course! I have attended his course is a waste of time and money, I learn nothing but his endless copycat wedding planner program, load of nonsense and excuses!!! To those who have a desire to be a wedding planner give him a missed and let everyone know about this idiot!

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  18. I was in the march class and what is written are all true! He promised us many things and he never deliver one and he is never on time!! His excuses were plenty also but going for holidays he has no problem with time. He took others wedding planner program to teach us. And he think we do not know. I also when to log a complaint only to find out that he de-register the company dowed and dowed academy was never register. We can not do anything. It is good someone write about him (Sherwin lee) and dowed academy scam!!!

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    1. Totally agree and everything said about Dowed here is true. People please be aware not to sign upfor his scam. Allthe student fees paid have gone into financing his lifestyle. Classes and lessons were never delivered. These 2 partnership Sherwin and Wei San are scammers.

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    2. Hello all!

      Please please help!

      Im currently undergoing the course provided by DoWed.
      I signed up for it 'cos it was advertised as a job opening position in jobstreet in march.
      We were promised a refund of 2,500 and conversion to full timers should we hit the targets for 3 consecutive months. The course started in late April but till now, we still have no leads.
      However, theres no cancellation of lessons so far except for the signing of appointment letter.
      We only attended 2 of Sherwin's lessons, the others are all conducted by external speakers.
      I cant deny the lessons are of little use and the notes are practically useless.

      All of us are having doubts now and I feel so dumb signing up for it after reading all the comments.
      It is true I should have done some research prior to signing but according to my friends, these news seemed to surface only recently.

      Please advice and I would love to learn more about this 'scam' as well.

      I can be contacted at jusmiie@hotmail.com

      Please please help! thanks so much :))

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  19. Hello all!

    Please please help!

    Im currently undergoing the course provided by DoWed.
    I signed up for it 'cos it was advertised as a job opening position in jobstreet in march.
    We were promised a refund of 2,500 and conversion to full timers should we hit the targets for 3 consecutive months. The course started in late April but till now, we still have no leads.
    However, theres no cancellation of lessons so far except for the signing of appointment letter.
    We only attended 2 of Sherwin's lessons, the others are all conducted by external speakers.
    I cant deny the lessons are of little use and the notes are practically useless.

    All of us are having doubts now and I feel so dumb signing up for it after reading all the comments.
    It is true I should have done some research prior to signing but according to my friends, these news seemed to surface only recently.

    Please advice and I would love to learn more about this 'scam' as well.

    I can be contacted at jusmiie@hotmail.com

    Please please help! thanks so much :))

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  20. Hi all! I'm also a current student of "dowed academy". It's apparent we share the same sentiments regarding Sherwin and his co. I strongly suggest that we should gather everyone, past and present students who got misled by him and take some action against dowed where possible. I'm seeking avenues where we can make this possible. Any suggestions?

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    1. I am all for it. I am a current student as well. But how do we do this collectively? Any plans ir action on them sld no b discussed here as there may b spy.

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  21. Hi people. See what Sherwin did. He us trying to divert puclic attention by setting up this site:
    http://dowedacademy.wordpress.com/category/dowed-academy-discusses-industry-scams/

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  22. Beware Mememe Cosmetics/ Carmine Avenue.

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  23. Hi People,

    I need help.

    I do sign up with Cours Montreux International Pte Ltd now known as Starz Priveleges Pte Ltd for $11k with a montly installment of $100/per month. So far, I have paid only $500. I just received a letter from them saying that I have not made any payment since 1st March 2012 and now they demand for a full payment of $10,500 within 7 working days.

    Please advise what I should do? Should I report this to CASE or should just make the payment? Your advise is much appreciate. My email address is ubi336@gmail.com.

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    1. Hi

      I'm on the same boat too. Kindly advise what should i do. I've called CASE but they seems like not interested to handle this case.They simply reply me by explaining what Starz Privilages will do when the Debt recovery action is taken place like they will come to my house and auction my things.

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  24. Go report to case. And aso make police report. Stop all payment to them. If you are paying tru visa, stop the visa payment immediately. Write to the bank and stop all payment immediatey telling tbem that you have been scammed. Go and see your MP as well.

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  25. Hi, I am in the same boat. They sent me a letter claiming that I default payment. And all these after 1.8 years. Wants me to pay xxxx in 7 days. At that time, I did not opt for any thing. Only a deposit of few hundred dollars to "chop" place if I change my mind. I have lodged a police report as well. What is the next step that they will do? Nothing was under Starz Travel then and now letter with their letter head. Pure crap.

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  26. Anyone of you received call from Emperor Travel under the name of E.Travel about a loyalty programme? Is there link?

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  27. hi all

    i stupidly sign up a contract agreement with Cours Montreux International/ Lifestyle Pacific International/ Emperor Travel last year in june / july 2012. and i had blindly pay the amount using bank instalment to them at 200/mth for about a year now. and during the agreement signed, i suppose to "pay" them the remaining amount by dec 2012.

    by dec 2012 i tried to contact them ohh sooo many times (wanting to just cancel the membership and redeem the free travel to samui / phuket, they had offered me during the time i signed the agreement) but i couldnt get to talk to anyone other then the idiotic devilish minions of the father of all evil, JERRY TAN.

    all those times that i called them, the minions just told me that jerry tan is not available / away /overseas etc etc. so i didnt pay up the remaining amount i suppose to and just close one eye to finish paying up the instalment that will be done by Sept 2013.

    and within year 2012 they send me letter saying they change their office address and the phone no…and when I try to call them the phone number is no longer in operation…grrrrr!!!. they are uncontactable. then i do Google research and found that they are a fraud co!!! then I have no time to chase them after countless of emails to them unreplied and bounced back to me..i just let it go and try to just finish paying the installment.

    Then, today i received a letter saying that i didnt pay up the remaining amount despite of many reminders letter they have sent me (bullshit, i never received any letter from them) and if i dont pay within 7 days i will need to pay about double the amount and cover the debt fees etc etc etc...
    i was kan cheong for a while and i went to google them again and read this “avoid scammers” website..and I kinda reliefed a lil while and plus im away from singapore for a week and I cannot do any action towards the letter they had sent me.

    I will now file the case to CASE about the fraud and report about them…
    Should report police about the letter they have sent me ??

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    1. Hope you reported to CASE. This is not the SPF's jurisdiction, so no point reporting to police.

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  28. Hi!

    I received the same letter as u from lifestyle pacific claiming final reminder! When nothing was sent to me before and the number previously given was not reachable at all. The person still have the cheek to ask me to send to the cheque to 10 anson rd or henderson rd where I discovered no such company!!! His name given in the email is dennis tan!!! I replied him to send me a phone num to contact him! Still awaiting his reply !

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  29. Some insider has tell me that all these calls of getting refund are purely scam. In the first place, when they sell you time share, you are only buying from the marketing company, who in turn, take ur money and keep it in their pocket, make a fake copy of the real contract and have u sign it. the money and membership never goes to the owner of the resort therefore you are never under any legal binding. any more letter are just scam to get more money because they believed Singaporean are stupid and too easily trusting, Singaporean will not do their search of information before they attend such talk and anything that sounded easy money making scheme, Singaporean will jump in cos they are too poor to afford everything but still want everything. the next time u hear them wanting to fight for ur refund, ITRA "International Timeshare Refund Action" dun trust them. It's just craps

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    1. Hey Milo - I definitely agree on a lot of the things you said.

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  30. Avoid this company called POLY-M. Owner is an ass-hole.

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  31. Discovery VIII is now changed to Starz Privileges Pte Ltd. !!!
    Address in my letter from them: 10 Anson Road #26-04 International Plaza Singapore 079903. Co.Reg. No.201020882Z, email: info@travelz.com.sg

    I am having final reminder from this Cours Montreux International Pte Ltd and company now under Starz Privileges Pte Ltd. Previously I wanted to find them to return my deposit when I found this it is a cheating group, but I couldnt make it as they keep changing addresses. I paid SGD500 deposit and it was told it can be refunded if decided not to. They force me to sign the documents and tried to ask me to apply credit card to swipe SGD1200. Now an e-travel membership that was told became a debt?? I need help to get out of this!!

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    1. Did you manager to get out. If Soo, I would need your advise cos I in this spam too. I do not want to pay any addition money to them.

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    2. Hi, I'm in the same position - almost done with paying half of $12K!! May I know how to get out of this? Do you guys managed to get your money back & get out of it?? Pls need advise!!

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    3. Stop signing any more documents and you don't need to carry more of the Discovery crap. If you have signed, just pay the 1st 50%. Stop paying the 2nd 50% completely. Ignore them completely. Sorry to all those who kept paying and did nothing. The answer is, you will not get a single dime back.

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    4. Looking for pple who can take the stand as witnesses for a hearing against lifestyle Pacific.
      if you can pls take the stand with me contact me at glorytan85@Gmail.com

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  32. Here is the the spammer you are all looking for, i have her home address and her full name here right now......contact the police to arrest her right now...
    Full name....YUSNITA BINTE MOHAMED YATIM
    Home address....Blk 619,Bukit Panjang Ring Road # 06-840 Singapore 6
    working now in...... Logistics Executive in a transportation company

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  33. scam within a scam..itra!!!!!!

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  34. please people try to contact the police to arrest YUSNITA BINTE MOHAMED YATIM
    she is a real scammer...

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  35. Hi,

    I want to know more about Emperor Travel (200416296W). is this the one on Burlington Square under the name of E.Travel?
    .

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    1. Hi, yes it is, better not deal with it. I am also a victim

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    2. thanks man..

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    3. Hi, I am also a victim and want to go to Small Claim tribunal. Do you proceed it to the SCT? my email is eliminatescammers@yahoo.com . I want to know how do you handle it..Thanks

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    4. Hi, i think i am one of the victim too. i paid by instalment creditcard. going to small claim can help?

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    5. So guys...what is the solution finally...i think I also one of the victim...

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  36. I suspect they move to Sim Lim Tower, Level 7...as I received a call from sale person offer same program.

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  37. They shifted? They called you to attend at Sim Lim Tower Level 7 ?

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    1. No sure. I yet go to Burlington Square to verify. I try to call them but can't get it. The thing is while the sales person called me regarding the program, they quickly hang up as I told them I already signed up at Burlington Square.

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    2. Burlington Square office is already vacant, they already shifted or rather disappeared. Did you signed up for the package as well?

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    3. Yes. Maybe they will move from Sim Lim Tower after they read this blog.

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    4. Yes most probably. Like rats. You are a victim too? Want to discuss more together? I wonder if there is anyway since there are so many pairs of watching eyes here ;)

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    5. Fine. My e-mail add is scamvictim100@gmail.com.

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    6. can you share with me, i guess im a victim too.

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  38. Did you have the number they called you with?

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    1. Then for sure they move to Sim Lim Tower...The number I received is 62934802.

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    2. i called no one pick up too

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    3. Tried calling as well. No one pick up

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    4. The call ware received on 27-Nov-2013 from 62934802. The SMS "confirmation" received from 94466142. Office location was Sim Lim Tower, #07-10.

      They wanted to offer a "free phone" ("Nokia", "Samsung") ... claim of travel offers ,,, insisted that I visit their office instead of talking over the phone...

      Was already suspicious, and it wasn't their first call (3rd or 4th call already) so I wanted to gather more dirt on them.

      The listing on building directory said "Village Island Asia Pte Ltd". The door plate (stick-on plastic plate) said "Emperor Travel Pte Ltd". They asked me to fill in a form with my details which had "e.travel" or "etravel" in the header .... something obviously wrong if there are so many names, and I refused to fill in the form ... (beware of phishing)

      I acted blur ... to fish out more of what they wanted to offer ... they said "travel membership". Obviously "cheap" + membership is not equal to cheap. Declined to waste any more time, walked out ...

      Looks like these folks moved from Bencoolen/Burlington Square, which was where they asked me to go in the previous calls.

      SCAM ... watch out!!!

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  39. Hi All,

    I just landed myself in a similar situation with Emperor Travel. While I did not sign any contract with them, I did give them a $500 deposit but with no official documents or receipt that I paid as a deposit.

    I am actually prepared to give up the $500 but I'm just worried if this "deposit" will come back to haunt me in the future ? Such as saying I have paid a deposit and I am liable for the full costs ?

    Any advise will be appreciated greatly !

    I can be contacted @ al.flac@yahoo.com

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    1. Sorry my email is al.flac@yahoo.com.sg

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    2. Al.flac - How nice if all victims do not sign any contracts like you. No contract how to contact you to chase for money? Your $500 is long gone la.

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  40. beware of chevalier don associate who cheated me of $16400 three years ago.the last address is at international plaza 16 floor.but they have moved into another unkown premise.l have reported to the police still there is no news .

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    1. Thanks Anon. I also strongly suspect they could be linked to The Discovery Group of scums. Anyway, I managed to dig out some archive info posted on CASE's website in 2009. Everyone please be aware.

      CASE advisory on Chevalier Don Associates, a timeshare related firm

      CASE issued an advisory on Chevalier Don Associates, a timeshare related firm on 26 June 2009.

      It has came to CASE’s knowledge that Chevalier Don Associates has informed consumers of an “ONLY authorized official agent warranted to assist [them] in all [their] off-load/terminations/cessations and recoveries of monies from all memberships and/or membership servicing companies”.

      We would like to emphasise that there is no such ONLY authorized official agent to assist consumers with terminations of timeshare contracts. Till date, CASE has not received any news of successful contract terminations by resale timeshare companies. Consumers are advised to terminate their timeshare contracts through the timeshare companies themselves or approach CASE for assistance.

      Should consumers require our assistance with their timeshare membership(s), they can speak to one of our Consumer Relations Officers directly. They can do so by either calling our hotline at 6100 0315 between 9 am and 5 pm from Mondays to Fridays and between 9 am and 12 pm on Saturdays or visiting us at our Ghim Moh office between 9 am and 4 pm from Mondays to Saturdays.

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  41. Does anyone know Allied Solutionz Travel?

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    1. Can you shed some light on how you came about this co?

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    2. I get info from ACRA which Emperor Travel change company's name to Allied Solutionz Travel. I just wonder where they station now.

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  42. Hi. I would like to share my experience. I did a course at St Hua Private School where I was cheated. Not only was I cheated, the school owner was rude to me. She even asked me about my personal life and my finances. Even though this school cheated me, they still have the guts to ask me if I would to sign up for another course. Now, this school is in trouble for using illegal software. See the information at http://enterpriseinnovation.net/article/singapore-school-found-guilty-using-s6-9m-worth-unlicensed-software-473954926 and http://www.lawnet.com.sg/legal/ln2/rss/subcourts/16416.html. LOL.

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  43. Hey Anon - can you elaborate on how you got cheated by this private school? We cannot just call people or organisations cheaters without supporting evidences. From the sound of your post, did you pay your fees on time? If you can prove they really cheated you, you should lodge a complaint to CPE: https://www.cpe.gov.sg/

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  44. Hi All

    Has anyone invested in TRIVFX

    They have 3 packages. 1 Platinum is USD10000 returns 303000usd after a year !

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  45. Hi. I paid my fees in advance. The email quoted one price, but when I went to the school to settle the payment, I was charged more. After everything was settled, my schedule was changed, all because the administrator did not check the teacher's schedule before confirming everything. Then of all things, I got a teacher who did not really know her work. She also cut short the lessons. I am afraid that if I make a complaint to CASE or the CPE, the school owner might threaten me. She has already blasted me.

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  47. Even though St Hua cheated me, the clerk still has the guts to propose a business deal to me, wanting me to buy products from him. He asked me about my relationships status. He claimed that it was a small matter when the trainers cut short the lessons.

    Will you please look into this school?

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  48. Please be careful of this facial treatment place called Skin Repair at Forum the Shopping Mall (http://www.skinrepair.com.sg/). They will contact you to offer a complimentary facial treatment, but after you arrive there, they will make you pay for part of the service.

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  49. Hi everyone. If you ever go to Arab Street for a meal, please be careful if you go to a Lebanese restaurant called MakDoner or MacDoner. The food is not bad, but you have to be careful of the headwaiter. He is a Lebanese guy whose name begins with M. He befriended a female customer, then he harassed her because he wanted her to meet up with him. He kept calling and texting her. He would send her a lot of messages. He would even send her photos of himself. Even when she told him not to disturb her, he kept disturbing her. She confided in some friends, who advised her to be careful of that guy. Apparently, the Middle Eastern men at Arab Street usually have wives and children back in their home countries, but when they are in Singapore, they are looking for Singaporean women to have affairs with. Some of them even want to find a Singaporean girl so that they can get Singapore citizenship. There is a photo of that guy on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/p/BOmcBmRjdOY/.

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