From Independent
Over $12,000 has been raised by a crowdfunding website set up for a Vietnamese factory worker who was scammed out of S$550 (£268) while trying to buy an iPhone 6 in Singapore for his girlfriend.
iPhone 6 (Photo from Apple Inc.)
The crowdfunding page titled We need to make this right, send him an iPhone, was set-up by entrepreneur Gabriel Kang after a Vietnamese man, Pham Van Thoai, was filmed sobbing uncontrollably after being scammed in a Singaporean phone store.
Yet, despite having raised over $12,000, Kang says he is struggling to get in touch with the Von Thoai to give him his money.
According to reports, Van Thoai, who earns only £83 per month as a factory worker in Vietnam, had saved up for four months to travel to Singapore and purchase an iPhone 6 for his girlfriend back home.
Nevertheless, when he arrived at the Mobile Airshop in Singapore’s notorious tech market, Sim Lim Square, he was told by shop workers that the original phone price of S$950 (£595) had risen to S$1,500 (£940) because of the addition of a hidden extended warranty.
On the assumption that this warranty came free with the handset, he agreed to pay, only to be told the actual price later on.
His attempts to try and get a refund fell on deaf ears and left Van Thoai on his knees begging to staff to give him his money back.
Read the full story HERE.
