Natural Disaster FraudKenneth YeungOctober 22, 2018 by Kenneth YeungOctober 22, 201801101 Natural disasters can bring out the worst in a handful of people. After the September 28 earthquake and tsunami that...
Phony Breast Cancer Doctor JailedKenneth YeungOctober 10, 2018 by Kenneth YeungOctober 10, 201801495 Staying healthy in Indonesia is hard enough without being exposed to quackery. A court in Bali has jailed a bogus...
Magic Money Boxes and JenglotKenneth YeungSeptember 26, 2018November 17, 2020 by Kenneth YeungSeptember 26, 2018November 17, 202001557 Conmen are still tricking gullible people into believing that money can be magically increased by mystical and mythical objects. The...
UAE Boxing Coach Scammed in JakartaKenneth YeungSeptember 11, 2018 by Kenneth YeungSeptember 11, 201801113 The Asian Games were a great success, marred only by a few scandals and controversies, including a Palestinian expatriate scamming...
Setting the Crooked Record StraightKenneth YeungAugust 14, 2018 by Kenneth YeungAugust 14, 20180873 Some foreigners are involved in hypnotism scams in Indonesia, but the media should not be too hasty to blame Singaporeans....
Old Singapore Dollars for New RupiahKenneth YeungAugust 1, 2018 by Kenneth YeungAugust 1, 201801232 A gang of scammers is targeting elderly people in Jakarta by offering Singapore dollars at an exchange rate that’s too...
Not So Sweet AnymoreKenneth YeungJuly 18, 2018 by Kenneth YeungJuly 18, 201802124 Condensed milk producers will no longer be allowed to falsely market their sickly sweet product as a health food. Growing...
Here, Have a Photo of One Million DollarsKenneth YeungJuly 3, 2018July 7, 2018 by Kenneth YeungJuly 3, 2018July 7, 201801350 Pull up a chair. In the 1950s, there was a groundbreaking British radio series called The Goon Show. It was...
The Stealing SeasonKenneth YeungJune 6, 2018 by Kenneth YeungJune 6, 201801448 It’s that time of the year again, when some people are resorting to crime to raise money to return to...
Correctional CrimesKenneth YeungMay 22, 2018 by Kenneth YeungMay 22, 201803567 Inmates at a jail in Bandung were running a scam for two years in which they seduced women online and...
Jember Friendship Ambassador Scammed by ForeignersKenneth YeungMay 9, 2018July 7, 2018 by Kenneth YeungMay 9, 2018July 7, 201801497 I once asked a long-time Australian expatriate why he had made Indonesia his home for over 40 years. Was it...
Hatching HoaxesKenneth YeungApril 25, 2018 by Kenneth YeungApril 25, 201803053 Indonesia made international tabloid headlines a few weeks ago when it was reported that a teenage boy from South Sulawesi...
Those Possessed By Demons?Kenneth YeungApril 11, 2018July 29, 2018 by Kenneth YeungApril 11, 2018July 29, 201802287 The weighty Indonesian dictionary compiled by the Education Ministry defines kesurupan as “possession by Satan or spirits, resulting in strange...
My Uncle the Police Chief and Other LiesKenneth YeungMarch 27, 2018 by Kenneth YeungMarch 27, 20180681 Imagine you’re choosing a career. Would you cough up Rp300 million (US$25,400) for a job with a starting salary of...
Designer Bag DeceitKenneth YeungMarch 14, 2018 by Kenneth YeungMarch 14, 201802113 Let’s be honest. A handbag is just something in which to carry makeup, car keys, tampons, sunglasses, perfume and a...
Online Arisan ExposedKenneth YeungFebruary 28, 2018March 3, 2018 by Kenneth YeungFebruary 28, 2018March 3, 201801463 A simple Facebook page lured hundreds of Indonesians, mostly housewives, into investing their savings in a scheme offering unfeasibly high...
Swipers Still SwipingKenneth YeungFebruary 14, 2018 by Kenneth YeungFebruary 14, 201801720 Despite the ongoing efforts of Islamic political parties to criminalize sex outside of marriage, Indonesians are still flocking to online...
Delving into the Dark WebKenneth YeungDecember 18, 2017February 15, 2021 by Kenneth YeungDecember 18, 2017February 15, 202103802 Much has been written in Indonesia about the ‘deep web’ and the ‘dark web’ – much of it ill-informed scaremongering....
Sexploitation, Lies and VideoKenneth YeungDecember 6, 2017July 7, 2018 by Kenneth YeungDecember 6, 2017July 7, 201803333 Amid the almost daily allegations of sexual abuse by Hollywood celebrities, there is an understandable response of condemnation and moral...
How to Get Poor FastKenneth YeungNovember 20, 2017 by Kenneth YeungNovember 20, 201701199 One of the most popular ways to get rich in Indonesia is through politics. There are endless possibilities for self-enrichment...
Phony Document & Sweepstakes HustlesKenneth YeungNovember 8, 2017 by Kenneth YeungNovember 8, 20170565 Imagine finding a cheque for US$350,000, or picking up a winning sweepstakes ticket on the street. Too good to be...