Beware of Conmen at Elite or anywhere else

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Beware of Conmen at Elite or anywhere else

Postby edwynlow » Sun Jul 27, 2008 7:00 pm

Hi there guys,

I reckon I should let as many ppl know as possible so that we are aware of all these buggers. I am not sure if this topic fits in here, but it's for everyone safety. The story goes:

Since the chicken wings was cancelled, some of us were having our eagle wings at Elite.. Oops~ :P As I arrived, Naza, Tarmizi and Azizi was already there and we tested Azizi latest poison, his new BMW. After we finished our test drive at the carpark just outside the track, a brown Waja came forward. All Arabians inside the car.

The driver said he need help but not fluent with english and said the passenger will talk to us. So Abg Naza went forward, and I followed. They were asking for directions to a money changer. And with all our good heart, Naza directed them the nearest money changer at Subang Parade. And I agreed with the decision and went off, back to the gang looking at the new BMW.

When the car went off and Naza came back to us, he told us that these guys are fraud. As I do not know the complete story after I left Naza, Naza said they were reaching for the money in his wallet. With quick response (thanks to go-karting :P) Naza manage to pull away and I reckon the conversation ends there. This is not the end yet~

We were having such a good time with those 125s at Elite.. :P no doubt about it. Later in the day, Mumu, Zul, Desmond and Luen came over. Mumu drove his 125, Des and Luen drove the 4 strokers. Zul.. tengokkk only :) When the session was over, some of us make our way home, some went for yumcha la.

As we were about to leave, A brown Waja came forward again. This time, its the different ppl and also a different number plate. They approached Mumu, and my car park next to Mumu. Instantly I went over and give him a nice signal, saying "Come, let's go~". No response from him. Then I said "Come, Naza calling~" No response from Mumu also. I tried to give a soft signal, as I do not know if these guys have any equipments with them like guns, knife, etc.. Then came Azizi driving aggressively to the front of the Waja and brake hard (maybe pissed off because he couldn't come karting with us :P) and said "Abg Naza kena tadi". Instantly Mumu got the message, and ask them to leave.. and those bugger Arabians went off.

Please spread the word to everyone out there. These buggers are here for no good.


ps/ If I were blocking anyone on the track, please forgive me, it's my first time on the track with the 125s :P Nice track~ No doubt about it~
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Re: Beware of Conmen at Elite or anywhere else

Postby Mikko Nassi » Mon Jul 28, 2008 12:32 pm

Oddly enough about 3 years ago I was approached by a similar group in a brown waja at the Elite track car park. I was on the way to my car (to go to caltex to get some drinks) with my teammate and they asked me if I had any local currency to change to USD - they flashed about a large pile of USD notes. I think they said they just needed a bit to pay for fuel or something. I told them sorry I don't have any cash on me and buggered off - told my teammate they're running some kind of a scam.
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Re: Beware of Conmen at Elite or anywhere else

Postby Alex Ritchie » Mon Jul 28, 2008 1:08 pm

One of the spectators at Round 4 was robbed on Sunday in the Elite car park. I don't know the exact story but the robber snatched his wallet and ran off into some kind of Proton...
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Re: Beware of Conmen at Elite or anywhere else

Postby Aaron » Mon Jul 28, 2008 9:05 pm

i too had a group of arabs (men and women) approach me too last year at elite car park wanting to change money...
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Re: Beware of Conmen at Elite or anywhere else

Postby edwynlow » Mon Jul 28, 2008 9:12 pm

well.. it seems that we are not the only one that was approached by a group of middle east ppl.. just be careful everyone. Seems like that place is one of their hunting ground.
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