My housemate informed me about this lady outside looking for someone to explain about her products. So i go and see what's going on. It's quite frequent now in Taman Dahlia, where i'm staying as a student of Multimedia University,Melaka (I hope Google get's this).

It was raining outside quite heavily thee days, so it doesn't really arouse my suspicious of a middle-aged lady trying to earn a living. She started by explaining how her company have advertisements on the newspapers and it's almost close to the closing date. Then she explains about the prizes which includes Perdana, Kancil and all sorts of Tourism packages which costs over tens of thousand ringgit.

Later she tells me if i mind having my photo published on the newspapers. Personally, i won't mind at all...if it's for a good cause (money coming down from the sky). Then she gets my IC number, name and signature. I think "ok fine, not like i'm paying a penny". After a long twisted circle, she came to the point where she explains that their company are giving out 3 of any product of my choice to test it out. But the company will need some handling and service charges. It was written there that all the 3 products will cost over five thousand "in the market". So, she asks if i wanna pay for the charges by cash or card. "Cash", i answered. I can't imagine what will happen if she wants to verify my credit card (might even turn into a credit card fraud!!!)

So...at that moment, it suddenly struck me of her intentions, and the risks involved. They are targetting to gain RM3000 from the customers for service charges as a return of a lucky draw. It claims a "sure win" situation. Hence, I start telling her I'm not interested in getting the lucky draw, she was surprised. "Even for a automobile, and a prize you can sure win, won't you want to pay a small amount to try your luck???" I explained to her that those prizes are not of my interst, and there's no such need for me to have those. She asks me to give a solid reason so that she can go back and file a report. I tell her that as a student, we don't have such a financial backup. She says this is not a good way to answer, and she'll write something like " the customer doesn't trust your company". Oh well, anything will do as you don't waste my time.

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Learnt and Share: These people are targetting the GREED in humanity. Come think of this, who needs a sewing machine, a water filter, a home theater and a foot massage at home??? Even if i do, i won't be paying RM 3000 to get all 3 of those items. And those products are not like branded.

If you come to think about it, what do you actually do if you have those products at home? Do you actually need to spend RM3000 for those items? Can you do better use with that amount of money? How long do you take to save up RM3000?

The purchasing method is totally different in our society now. At least for me, I go online to look for the products I'm into, ask for the cheapest price in town, and ponder it over weeks before i take out the money to buy.

As this semester is very stressful for all the students in MMU, i don't expect any of my friends to get cheated. It's not only the money that goes missing, it's the emotional impact that it creates towards the person.

Final note: I hope that none of us, as students of a prestigious university in Malaysia will get caught in such a scam. It's called 刮刮乐 for those of you who read chinese.