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Why Retirees Tend to Invest in Ponzi?

24, August 2017 by Wilfred Ling Leave a Comment

Recently, there was a report that there was a Ponzi Scheme in Australia which many investors suffered large loses. The company was alleged to have got investors to invest in property development. But this turn out to be a scam. A Ponzi scheme is actually a scam where investors are paid an income or a return using money from new investors. Most of these investors were from Singapore. 900 over … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Retirement Planning, Scams

Police report filed against A2A Capital Management

6, April 2017 by Wilfred Ling 12 Comments

On 18 June 2014, I was invited by a friend to A2A Capital Management Raffles Place office. My friend wanted to sell me its property products. I did not invest but told my friend that I did not think the investments were legitimate. Fast forward to 6 April 2017, the Straits Times reported that there were recent police reports filed against the company. The Straits Times reported that five … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Scams

Millions of dollars of retirees’ money lost in property scam

27, May 2015 by Wilfred Ling 1 Comment

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It was reported that $60 million worth of investors’ money was lost in a property ponzi scam right in Singapore ("Investors caught in $60m ponzi scam", Straits Times 24 May 2015).  Ms Leong Lai Yee was alleged to have run an elaborate scheme of getting investors to invest with her and promising a guaranteed return between 10 to 48% over a period of 4 to 8 months.  Investors whom she targeted … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Scams, Tragic Stories

Land banking in Singapore will go out of business

22, July 2014 by Wilfred Ling 2 Comments

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Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) sends shockwave to the land banking industry in Singapore by issuing a consultation paper entitled “MAS Proposes Stronger Safeguards for Investors” to regulate the largely unregulated industry. It is quite a surprised to everyone since it is assumed the authority does not want to regulate land banking in Singapore. What is land banking? The Land banking in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Investments, Scams Tagged With: lose money

Council for Estate Agencies (CEA) warned property agents against selling doggy properties

10, October 2013 by Wilfred Ling Leave a Comment

An article from Straits Times said that the Council for Estate Agencies (CEA) issued an advisory note warning about real estate agents involvement in selling potentially dodgy foreign property investment schemes here. Some real estate salespersons have already been fired, said the report. For the past year, I’ve increasingly seeing very strange property investments in my new clients’ balance … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Credit Management, Scams

Retirees made up a large majority of the investors in Profitable Plots

25, May 2011 by Wilfred Ling Leave a Comment

According to the Business Times report Profitable Plots urged to explain defaults to investorsr retirees made up a large majority of the investors in Profitable Plots. One retiree by the name of Michelle invested her entire life savings in the company. However, in 2009 due to an eye problem she requested that her investments be liquidated which was not possible. To date, she has lost sight of one … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CPF Are You Ready?, Credit Management, Retirement Planning, Scams

Fake $8m investments sold to accredited investor

14, October 2010 by Wilfred Ling Leave a Comment

I thought it was such a news to learn about an insurance agent selling fake US$5m life insurance. But in the news is a report of a case of a fake $8m investment account. According to business times entitled “Client sues SocGen over his missing millions here” dated 14 October 2010, an accredited investor thought he had $8 million in his investment account but in reality it was only worth $252,652. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Financial advisers, Scams, Unethical sales process

Top of the Table (TOT) AIA insurance agent involved in US$5m fake policy scam

10, October 2010 by Wilfred Ling Leave a Comment

Today in Sunday Times titled "US$5m insurance scam", it was reported that an Indonesia businessman is suing an Top of the Table (TOT) ex-insurance agent for selling him a fake insurance policy called the "Thank You Policy". In her defense, the ex-agent claimed that she was merely an accomplice as the ploy was conceived by the client. Although the court will have to decide who is telling the truth, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Financial advisers, Insurance, Scams, Unethical sales process

How a ponzi scheme works?

29, September 2010 by Wilfred Ling Leave a Comment

Not too long ago, one of my friend asked me whether am I interested to distribute a certain product. The return was more than 20% per annum GUARANTEED. I immediately scolded my friend for getting involved in a scam. They were shocked at my swift and rude response. I felt bad about being rude but a true friend is one who tells the truth even if the truth hurts friendship itself. A product that … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CPF Are You Ready?, Scams

Land International (Far East) land banking fiasco. No legal recourse here?

13, May 2010 by Wilfred Ling Leave a Comment

Today’s Straits Times report entitled “200 lose $6m in British land deals” which apparently these individuals in Singapore were sold plots of land zoned as “greenbelt” – which means no development is allowed. When MAS was asked about the fiasco, this was what the spokeperson said: “Land-banking investments involve investors acquiring direct interests in real estate rather than in securities … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CPF Are You Ready?, Scams

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