Scam alert: Man walks into reversing car, asks driver for $100 to see doctor

SINGAPORE: A man nearly scammed a driver after he walked into the rear end of a car that was in reverse. After “falling down” he proceeded to ask the driver for $100, claiming he wanted to get medical help.

A man named Chan Ti Eu posted a dashcam video of the incident on Facebook and TikTok earlier this week.

@djfunkyt

How I Almost Got Scammed in Car Park Date: 14th July 2023. Time: About 5:45pm Location: 59 New Upper Changi Rd This man rammed himself into my reversing car and made himself fall over like a cartoon character! After that, he pretended to be injured and even showed me a graze on his right knee that was self-inflicted prior to the incident. He said he had no money to see the doctor and asked me for $100. I stepped away to make a phone call and then returned to take my car camera SD card and to escort him to make a police report but he (and his uncle friend) disappeared. There were also 2 shady bystanders asking me about the incident later on and one claimed to be police from Bedok. Showed me a police pass too, which I believe is fake. Beware people, these guys now operate in groups (with lookouts etc) and they are now targeting reversing vehicles. They probably hoping that there’s no rear car camera. I’ve filed a police report and I’m gonna file one more for the bystander impersonating a police officer. Friends, please share this video so that the community is aware that scammers have updated their strategies.

Mr Chan wrote that the incident occurred at a car park behind 59 New Upper Changi Road on July 14, at 5:45 pm.

In the video, a man in a light-coloured shirt and a white mask walks into the boot of a car and then falls down, quite dramatically.

“This man rammed himself into my reversing car and made himself fall over like a cartoon character! After that, he pretended to be injured and even showed me a graze on his right knee that was self-inflicted prior to the incident,” he wrote on Facebook.

The man told Mr Chan that he had no money to see the doctor, then asked him for $100.

But after the driver made some phone calls and returned to his car to get the SD card on his dash cam in order to make a police report together with the “injured” man , the man and his “uncle friend” had disappeared.

Two “shady” bystanders were also present during the incident, one of whom claimed to be a police officer from Bedeck.

“Beware people, these guys now operate in groups (with lookouts etc) and they are now targeting reversing vehicles. They probably hoping that there’s no rear car camera.
I’ve filed a police report and I’m gonna file one more for the bystander impersonating a police officer.

/TISG

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