Friday, October 24, 2008

The lady in the photo is a Filipino BLACKJACK SCAMMER IN KL
My version of the KL blackjack scam. At the Twin Towers I am approached by two women, for a chat. Another man joins. They claim to be from the philipines, and 2 of them are musicians. This is followed by an invitation to come to their place for one of their kid's birthday party. I am a musician as well, we might jam a little, they say. We make an appointment for 4 o'clock and they take me to a house near Jalan Indah. The party will be later, I am offered a tea, and to pass the time, the host offers to show me his blackjack trick, for he works at the casino in genting highlands. I am completely uninterested in playing cards, but OK, i am polite (and have trouble saying 'no' politely), and go along with my host's practice rounds. He was talking about a woman who would come later, and likes to play mahjong. Good that i do not know that game, he says, I can play cards with her, he says. A Brunei woman's arrival took me by surprise. I am a good sport, I protest that I do not play for money, but play cards a little with them anyway, until she starts throwing a lot of chips. When I want to quit, there is one more round to go. They deal me a winning (21) hand, and after the first bet she goes up to 50.000 us$, taking a bundle of green paper out of her bag. Now, my host wants to sign me an iou, so that I can match the bet and play. I do not do that and leave the existing bet to her, to end the situation. But I am pressed by my host for the money he 'lent' me (I had not put in or shown any money, I just play chips). I do not think I could have refused, seen the guys waiting in the parlor, and lose 300 $.They took me back in a brown car with license plate "WLC 598" (7 March). The house is near Jalan Indah, it may be on the side of the Jalan Perdana streets. One of the women who spoke to me at klcc is around 60, with a bad skin and a lot of white powder, short sturdy nose with a high bridge. Update: I've run into her again. I took a hazy video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdmDNc9N7p4) . There is a picture now.Only afterwards, I realized their tea has been drugged to make me less alert. Constricted pupils and more, I have been to the hospital. If you are sober, you would not go for this.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I believe I walked out just in time.

I'm on holiday right now, in Vietnam. And have been in a similar situation with two brothers who say they were from the filipines.
One of them said to be working in a casino. And he told me I could make a lot of money by getting involved in some scam-scheme he was involved in.
I walked out, when he got out $ 200 to play blackjack with a japanese bussiness man. He said the sister of his wife (Vietnamese) would play, and I only had to watch.