Man in SG jailed 15 months for cheating victims of S$20,000 in hotel room booking scam on Carousell


Using numerous accounts he had set up, a scammer posted listings for hotel rooms in Resorts World Sentosa, Marina Bay Sands (pic) and Sentosa on Carousell, but did not make bookings for any of them. — Photo by Partha Narasimhan on Unsplash

SINGAPORE: Using numerous accounts he had set up, a scammer posted listings for hotel rooms in Resorts World Sentosa, Marina Bay Sands and Sentosa on Carousell.

At least 20 people contacted him to book the hotel rooms, but Seow Ren Wei did not make any booking for them, cheating them of a total of S$23,010 (RM75,207).

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