My face off with a suspected African Scammer (P.S.: A REWARD IS UP FOR GRABS!)

Ok, quick intro. If you're visiting for the first time, please read the story of how I was scammed by an asshole romance scammer going by the name of Derry Johnstone here, followed by how I managed to track down the owner of the bank account used in the scam, Abdan bin Munir here, otherwise you're gonna be rather lost on what's happening in this post, which is more interesting than the other posts combined, which were both pretty fascinating as it is. This post is the story of how I managed to locate and CONFRONT FACE TO FACE a African man in Cheras who I am pretty damn sure, as in 99.9999% sure, is involved with the asshole who scammed me.

I'm also going to use some profanity and insults in this post. Please excuse my language, but it's not that inappropriate, given the circumstances. 

But first, I need to do a bit of background story on how I got to finding him. So this story in 2 parts:
1) An update on Abdan bin Munir, who I now believe his story of being duped couriering his ATM card to a skanky looking Phillipino woman on Facebook is true, as I attempted to contact this woman named Liezl Dela Pena, and instead of being horrified that someone tried to use her photos in a scam, she blocked me and her number is no longer active. Which pretty much means she's involved in the scam and trying to hide. There are still parts of Abdan's story that still lead to me believe he's a lying asshole, if not scam related then he's a lying asshole to his wife and family for fooling around with skanky Phillipino women online. So I'm not quite done making him famous yet.
3) My visit to this Chinese Coffee Shop at Cheras (where Abdan couriered his ATM card to) which led me to my encounter to my African Scammer Suspect. Trust me, you are going to laugh your head off and the extent of stupid this guy was babbling in my conversations with him, which changed back and forth from trying to convince me he was staring at me for 10-15 minutes because he was smittened by me, to staring at me because he knew I was investigating him. He couldn't seem to make up his mind which one it was. Lol.


PART 1: UPDATE ON ABDAN BIN MUNIR & MY ATTEMPT TO CONTACT LIEZL DENA PENA

As I mentioned before, after frequent questioning from me, Abdan lodged a police report to make a statement that he had been duped into giving his ATM card to a woman he met online. As a result of this, police are now investigating HIM and will possibly charge him for misuse of his account. Which makes me happy, and I no longer need assistance to find him as the police will now deal with him.

Now why I do I think his story about being duped is probably true? Well, firstly the second contact number he used to contact me on Whatsapp which I thought was a fake number being used by another scammer is actually still active and I confirmed it is actually being used by him when I called it on another line pretending to be someone else looking for his son, and he knew who I was talking about....soooo that part of the story seems to check out. Then I decided to check out further on the woman he told me that he sent his ATM card to. In my earlier post, I blocked out her eyes and details because I thought he or the scammer was using some random woman's photos from Facebook to bullshit me. But since she decided to hide when I attempted to contact her, she is also now a suspect and therefore I'm going to make her famous too.

These are the unblurred screenshots of the info Abdan sent to me on this woman, whose name is Liezl Dela Pena and two contact numbers of hers were provided. 

And below is the actual photo of the courier slip which Abdan claimed to have used to mail his ATM card to Liezl. The addres to Batu Sembilan Restaurant at Taman Orkid, Cheras.

Feel free to look her up on Facebook coz’ as I mentioned before, this woman has absolutely no sense of privacy and has TONNES of public photos, most of which are somewhat but not overly skanky, on her Facebook profile. Anyhow, I had saved both her contact numbers and was monitoring both numbers on Whatsapp for sometime as the app allows you to see when users are active. The 011 number was inactive since 18 May 2015 and the profile photo uploaded was not of her face. The 010 number DID have a profile photo of the same woman and the number was still actively being used up until the time I contacted her, which was on Saturday, 23 May 2015.

The first contact I made, I called her directly. The woman who answered indeed had a Phillipino accent and confirmed her name was Liezl Dela Pena. I then introduced myself and I asked her if she knew someone named Abdan bin Munir who claimed to have given her an ATM card. She denied that she knew him or that she received anything, and did not sound like she was trying to cover up. So I said ok, and hung up. I also recorded that conversation, just because I can.

As usual, I was not quite satisfied with just that and so on the same day, I decided to message her 010 number on Whatsapp and told her that I suspected her photos had been used by Abdan and I believed she was innocent. These are the screenshots of what I sent her.

And after my last message, that was when she immediately blocked me (as can be seen in the screenshots above where her profile photo and last online time cannot be seen) and her number became inactive until now. Not a wise move, as I now know that she is involved, and that means the bitch hunt is on.

So, if ANYONE has seen and know the whereabouts of Liezl Dela Pena, suspected to be based in Cheras but may have relocated, please email me! To spice it up, I'm offering a REWARD of RM200 to whoever has info that will lead to her being found and arrested by the police (don't expect anything if you give me some nonsense info that leads me on fruitless wild goose chase, ok?).

AND if that info leads to the subsequent arrest of the ACTUAL SCAMMERS, that prize money will go up to...RM500! Woot woot!

How can you be sure I will pay you? Well, I was kind enough to dump thousands of my money into someone's account coz' I thought I was helping the asshole named Derry out of a dire situation, so you can rest assured that I will stick to my word and reward anyone who helps me. ;)

This is what the bitch looks like and she has some very distinctive tattoos on her arms and legs, including a tatt of her own sirname coz' this bitch obviously loves herself as much as she loves money.

So back to Abdan for a bit and why I still think he deserves shame.

FIRSTLY, because he knew from his bank statement that I did bank in money into his account and all my evidence was posted here to prove my story. He and his children 'claimed' that he is a good Muslim guy just trying to help people, but instead of being helpful to me as a scam victim where his bank account was used, and provide as much info as possible to nab them, he initially lied that he lost his ATM card, and only revealed the truth after much questioning from me. And then he ceased contact with me and made his children stop contacting me as well, making his kids privy to their dad's asshole behaviour in their unwillingness to help me find the real scammers.

SECONDLY, this Liezl bitch is so obviously Phillipino, I have no idea why he tried to pass her off as a Japanese initially, or why he told the police she was a Malay. More lies.

THIRDLY, he delayed making his police report for 3 days, which is strange if his story was true that he had 'just' realized his account was being misused after I contacted him. Anyone would have informed the police immediately if they realized their bank account was being compromised. Why did he wait so long?

LASTLY, he claimed that he contacted Liezl to ask if she knew Derry Johnstone. If it were true that she had scammed him, any attempt he would have made to her should have also made her go into hiding and stop using her contact numbers. So then why was her 010 number still active until I decided to contact her? It either means he did not bother to contact her, or perhaps he is actually involved in the scam.

In any case, even if he isn't part of the scam, what the heck is a 56-year old married man with 3 kids doing chatting with a skanky Phillipino woman on Facebook and giving her his ATM card?

So Mr. Abdan, you're either famous as a scammer's accomplice or as a dirty old man playing around with skanky woman online behind your family's back. Such an embarassment to your wife Zanuriah Muhamed Sah, and your kids, Hanafiah Abdan, Nurul Aien and Aida Nuruliman, whose photos I had previously posted at the end of this post. Should have given me given me the evidence like I asked and save yourself and your family some shame, dude. Offer's off the table now. Toodles!


PART 2: MY ENCOUNTER WITH A SUSPECTED AFRICAN SCAMMER

Now comes the part you've all been waiting for!

The day after Ms. Liezl the bitch blocked me, I decided to investigate further on the address on the courier slip, so I drove to Batu Sembilan Restaurant at Taman Orkid, Cheras, which is a Chinese coffee shop.

I was hoping to find the woman working there or some people living around there who had seen her or knew where she lived. When I arrived, I walked around the shop and asked around some people working at the shop as well as some people staying at the flat above the resturant if anyone knew her, but I got no leads.

This whole time I was wearing sunglasses to reduce my chances of being recognized. It didn't really work though, because I was recognized by someone I did not expect.

As soon as I arrived, I noticed an African man across the road from the shop doing something at the bushes. I also noticed that he had noticed me. After I walked around the shop, I stood outside the staircase next to the shop leading up to the flats, pretending to talk to someone on my phone and waiting for someone. The whole time this guy was continuously staring at me and then he starting talking on his phone for a long time. I continued to observe him behind my subglasses and pretending to talk on my phone.

5 minutes later, I move to sit at one of the tables at the restaurant where I could see him where he was standing at the bushes. Still wearing my shades, I continued to pretend talking on the phone on loudspeaker, but I was secretly taking photos of him.

Let's play spot the African. Can you see him in the pic below?

Didn't think so. Here's a little better pic of that little black face staring right at me.

And here's an even closer up pic of the fella hiding behind the Myvi on his phone but still staring at me!

And another one of him looking away but still on the phone.

After a while, he moved away from the bushes to where I was at just 5 minutes before, in front of the staircase next to the restaurant. And he continued to stare at me and talk on his phone, looking increasingly nervous.

Since I couldn't observe him easily, I decided to pretend to get off my phone and then moved further inside the restaurant, again to a table where I could see him directly. I ordered a drink and then took out my laptop which I had brought with me (in case I needed to kill time during my stakeout) and pretending to be on it. But I was actually using my camera to very discreetly take photos of the bugger and using my laptop to hide my camera as much as possible.

Sorry, Chinese uncle, that you be in my photos. You look very handsome today.

A closer up of the black guy, STILL staring at me and on the phone.

And there he is staring at me still.

So obviously it struck me as odd that from the second I got out of my car, this guy started monitoring me like a hawk for about 10 to 15 minutes, which probably means he was involved in the scam on me and had recognized me from my online photos.

After some time, the guy moved around to the back of the restaurant where there were other stalls, and where I couldn't see him. This made me uncomfortable, so I quickly finished my drink, and got up, stood back at the staircase and waited to see if he would come back as I assumed he lived there.

He didn't come back. So I decided to look for him and confront him. Which wasn't too hard coz' he was simply sitting at the stalls behind the restaurant.

And this is when I took my first video of my confrontation with him. Please allote 7 minutes for your viewing pleasure:

In case you don't like videos or have a crappy connection, here's a quick rundown of what happened with some of my favorite highlights from the video. 

I asked him if he stayed around there and if he knew Liezl Dela Pena. He denied knowing her (not unexpected). He noticed I was carrying a camera and recording him, which made him nervous and he asked what I'm investigating, but he continued talking to me.

Just a few seconds after that, I asked him why he was staring at me. He did not deny it but instead said that he was staring at me because he LIKED me! Awwww so sweeeeet. *puke*

Of course I didn't believe it and directly asked if he was involved in the online scam that got me. He denied it and said he's a student and was just collecting some leaves to cook. I then asked why he wasn't going home, and he...made up some crappy excuse that he needed to get something. Apparently sitting around on a chair helps him to achieve that objective. Lol.

At one point, a Nigerian lady comes along and starts setting up the stall. I initially thought she was familiar with this guy, but I spoke to this lady later on, and she did not know this African man but only saw him around and she seemed friendly as well as familiar with the people there. So I continued my conversation with this guy.

I then asked his name and he said it was Michael Apopo, or something like that. He also said he is Nigerian. He was looking very nervous, and I questioned him further on where he was staying and what he was studying here. He claimed to be studying Business Administration somewhere in Cheras, BUT when I asked which university or college he was studying at, he couldn't answer me, even after asking him the same thing several times. 

Then he said that he knows I'm investigating him and asked why, to which I said I was just there having a drink and that he was the one staring at ME the whole time. It was funny, as from the time I arrived at the place, I did not doing anything to show that I was 'investigating' him as he claims coz' he could not tell that I was looking at him since I was wearing sunglasses the whole time, and I was pretending to be standing around on the phone and drinking in the restaurant. Suspicious much!

I asked him he 'knew' I was 'investigating' him, and his answer showed that he was clearly observing my every move.

I then asked him to show me his ID, which he claimed he didn't bring out. I bugged him to show it, and he said he would go home and get it and show it to me, asking me to stay there and wait for him, which I refused and said I would follow him (he never did show me his ID). He then went behind the restaurant behind the restaurant which made me stop following coz' I had no idea what would be waiting for me behind those bushes. 

Hence, end of first video. 

After that was when I spoke to the Nigerian lady as well as another Indian man who was her friend. I asked them about the African man and I told them I was investigating because I was scammed. The man helped me and told me that behind the restaurant was a another Chinese coffee shop where Michael Whatshisname and his buddies usually hang out, and he led me by car to the area where sure enough, there were a whole bunch of African guys hanging out at the coffee shop named 'Kedai Makanan dan Minuman Lim' (Lim Food and Drinks Shop), including Michael Whatshisface. And they all saw me driving by in my car. 

I parked a bit further up the shop and saw them coming out. His friends got into a black Honda, license plate number WTQ4533, and they drove off past me. He stayed behind and was alone. 

Then he came up to my car, and I wound down my window juuuust enough to speak to him. Initially he asked me to wind it down further and of course, I refused and started recording my next video, ready of course to gun my accelerator at any time if the situation got too dangerous. 

My camera has a bit of a problem with occasional self-vibrating, so please ignore the vibrations at the start of the video, which will go off soon. 

The whole time in this video, he was constantly looking around nervously, expecting to see some people jump out and nab him. And he even said he knew I had some men around waiting. 

Like why so worried if you're just an innocent student, bro? Do I look like I'm from the FBI? Lol.

I told him I wanted answers to who scammed me and he asked me what I knew about the scammer and if he was black and if I knew for sure he was staying there. He then asked for my number several times, which I of course refused to give. I asked for his number instead, and he refused as well. saying that he didn't trust me. 

Lack of trust goes both ways, bozo!

I continued asking for his ID, which he continued to not want to show and just kept asking why I wanted to see his ID.  Then he started accusing me of being racist against blacks which is typical of Malaysians. I just insisted I was trying to find out who conned me. He went on that not all blacks are like that, and I said yeah, but these types of romance scams are typical of Nigerian scammers.

He then insisted he wasn't bad and that he had nothing to do with me, although I never specifically said that I thought he was my scammer (and I'm pretty sure he isn't coz' the guy who scammed sounds different and is way smarter than this dude). I asked him again why he was staring at me and he insisted he knew I was tracking him. 

Right after saying that he 'knew' I'm tracking him, he THEN decided to tell me the 'truth'....

...which was that he liked me from the moment I got out of the car...

... And that he felt a COMMON ATTRACTION between us!

At this juncture, please excuse me while I take a moment.

Seriously, how many hours does this idiot spend in women-scamming school that he would think telling a woman he's attracted to her will automatically make everything fine and dandy and she'll fall completely for him? Good grief.

So anyway, I was so flabbergasted at what he just said and pointed out that he was looking at me nervously for 10 minutes while talking on his phone. His next statement was even more hilarious in that he said he was just trying to CALL me to 'win my hand'.

Sooo just a few minutes ago he was asking for my number, yet somehow before that he already knew my number? What strange Black Magic is this?? LOL. 

So I continued to insist to ask for his ID but refused and instead he continued mumbling some stuff about how not all Africans are bad, and that he wasn't scared of anything. I then questioned why he couldn't tell me which college he was studying at, and he still refused to answer me, asking how that was my problem. 

In the end, he claimed to be going to get his ID to show me, but never did. And I didn't hang around long as I knew his friends were around. Sure enough, soon after some of his bigger, burlier Nigerian buddies walked after my car as I was driving off and gesturing me to talk to them. I definitely didn't stick around! It was definitely enough confrontation for one day. 

CONCLUSION
I went to Cheras not knowing what I would find and not even having much of a plan, and went away having met an African man suspected to be involved in my scam. PLUS seeing that there were so many African fellas there, I would say Taman Orkid, Cheras seems likely to be the hot spot for where these asshole scammers operate.

WOULD BE NICE IF MORE PEOPLE, AS IN JOURNALISTS OR SOMETHING GIVE THIS MORE PUBLICITY SO SOME PEOPLE IN AUTHORITY CAN DO MORE INVESTIGATION ON THESE SUPPOSED AFRICAN STUDENTS THERE! THANK YOU! HINT HINT!

SO that aside, same reward offer is up for grabs to YOU, the PUBLIC! If anyone can provide me info on Michael Apopo Whatshisface, especially WHERE HE LIVES, which leads to his arrest and questioning by the police, you get RM200! And if that leads to the ARREST of the actual asshole(s) who scammed me, you get RM500!

And if by miracle of God, that info allows me to pressure whoever along the way to return all my money! You'll get RM1000! Though I don't count on that happening, but hey, I can still hope againat hope, right?

If you've ever been cheated by someone, if you've ever had your heart broken by someone who fooled you, and if you ever felt like there's nothing you could do about it, or if you're someone who wants to do something right... help me fight this fight... share it out and help me find these assholes, Liezl Dela Pena, Michael Apopo Ugly Face and the rest of his asshole scamming friends before they scam more innocent women!

And to my scammers and all you asshole online scammers which are typical of Nigerians, I hear you guys are famous for having big dicks. Which is probably to make up for the fact that you have NO BALLS, hiding behind the internet instead of earning money working real jobs, you know, like REAL MEN WITH BALLS. I guess I can't blame you, your mommas, your mamas must shitted you out so hard when you were born, you had to spend your whole life behaving like a shithead who doesn't know how to work. Ooooh, burn!

Insults only apply to asshole scammers. Not directed to good, honest Africans. God bless you :)

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Update 27 May 2015: The bitch named Liezl got wind of my attempt to find her (probably something to do with the fact that I added almost all her FB friends so they know their friend is a scamming bitch). Now she has changed her profile photos and name to Angel Serrano. Which again makes me puke because she's anything BUT an angel!

Funny thing about Facebook is once you've changed your name, you can't change it for the next 2 months. So now you can look up the she-devil and not worry about her name changing again anytime soon. :)