STOP FUNDING CRIMINALS.
Update:
So, my NOK, in a spectacular display of acting skills, has managed to convince my ah long that I/my friend owe him 10,000$ over a failed business venture. I can't give details, but the exchange was as below.
1. NOK opened the conversation with how I/my friend no longer live at the address I gave, that's why he's still looking for me.
(Just to throw him off my address. Not sure how effective this will be.)
2. Next, he said the reason I/my friend gave his name as NOK is because I/my friend knew that the ah long would look for him; it was to show my NOK that I/my friend am in financial difficulty.
(This was the point my NOK gave him the 10k$ figure and I could practically hear the ah long drooling.)
3. NOK then said that he has been doing his own surveillance on me/my friend and is sure that I/my friend is not in financial difficulty.
(At this point, the ah long confirm drooling already and he offered to pay my NOK to look for me/my friend. This means he has no resources of his own.)
4. My NOK didn't address his offer at all, said he had to go because we were suitably inebriated by that time and couldn't talk properly.
Today! He called my NOK again, asking if he has any updates on me/my friend. My NOK said he's not giving any information until he gets paid. Lol! We're giving it a day or two and if he contacts my NOK again within that period, we'll negotiate a price.
I welcome any technical input.
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