We met a swindler

One of my friend, who has just been demobilized from the army and wished to get a decent job from the regional government, asked me to make some necessary credentials to ensure the success in obtaining the job. I agreed. Another friend advised us to ask favor from those who do counterfeiting after a long time consideration. We knew it was wrong. However in order to get the job, we decided to have a try.

Yesterday we both took to the streets and got some phone numbers from the wall on both sides of the street. We tried several of them. Most of them are not numbers of our region. Finally I got one of our region. We called several times and finally we got through. The boss asked us to wait at a certain place for some time and he would send someone over to fetch the copy which was necessary for the counterfeiting. We waited for a long time and failed to see anyone turned up. So we dropped the plan to meet him.

We tried another one. The boss asked us to send what was necessary via a preservation counter in Yinzuo Supermarked, the earnest money was also included in it. We did accordingly and sent the code to the boss through our cell phone.

This morning the boss called us to say that all what was wanted by us was ready. He asked us to get them in the Post Office. We arrived there duly and mailed the rest of the money to him through the post office. After all that had been finished, we called the boss for the credentials. After confirming that they had got all the money, the boss required for another 1000 Yuan with the excuse that the deliverer might be at danger. The money was the insurance money for his safety. This was sheer and arrant pretext. We knew at that time that we had been swindled.

Without any intention to continue the game, we rebuffed his requirement for money. We told him that we relinquished the 100Yuan which had already been sent to him and we wanted the original draft of the credentials. We were refused. Till then we had realized that we had met an arrant swindler.

Fortunately the loss was not great, only 100 Yuan. My friend was let down a little. On our way back I appeased him. That is the first time in my life that we have been swindled.