‘Poor Kuching Woman’ Targets Open Houses
By Yulz. Thursday, 18. October 2007, 01:04:30
Bandar Seri Begawan - The “Poor Kuching Woman” is still out there looking for people gullible enough to fall for her story that her ATM card had been swallowed by an ATM machine and that she needed money to pay for a bus fare back to Kuching.
The story came to light again when the so-called "Poor Kuching woman" came to an apartment in the capital hoping to get some money, especially in view of the festive season.
Around 11am yesterday, the woman came to a government apartment in the capital. She knocked on the door and was welcomed by guests at the apartment who thought she was there to celebrate Raya. To their surprise, the woman told them the story of her ATM card that had been swallowed by an ATM machine and that she needed money for a bus fare to return to Kuching.
However, an alert guest, who was at the apartment for a Raya visit, warned Amy, the owner of the apartment.
She retold her story to Amy, who knew about the "Poor Kuching Woman" published in the Borneo Bulletin's opinion page some two weeks ago.
(In the opinion page, a couple fell victim to the "Poor Kuching Woman" and gave her $10. The couple later found out that other people had also encountered the same woman with the same story.) Amy told the "Poor Kuching Woman" that she had read the story in the papers and she was not going to fall for her story.
Amy told the woman that she'd call the police. The woman turned pale and said, "Selamat Hari Raya" and left the building.
In a telephone interview with the Bulletin, Amy said that the woman had changed her tactics of asking for money at commercial areas to going to residential houses.
"I advise people out there not to fall for this woman's story. She is very good in making up stories and some people may fall for her sad story," said Amy. -- Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin
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