I’m amazed that there’s such an amazing yo-yo community and I’m sorry for living in such a shell.
Y’all are amazing for having this skill — I could never play with a yo-yo, something so intricate, when I can’t even walk properly without tripping randomly.
But I digress — please DO NOT get involved with him when it is money related.
I’m from Singapore and I have been a victim of his other scam methods. (he’s even tried to use my paypal account for God knows what reasons — I don’t know if it has anything to do with a transaction here, but I’m glad I didn’t lend him my account)
I know nuts about yo-yo and I don’t know how rare his collection is but really…. Please, avoid at all costs.
I don’t know how you’re going to get your money back — but if there are ways, I hope you do.
I’m not a bot. I wish I was. I just created this account because I really don’t want more victims and potential victims losing their hard earned money.
Godspeed.
p/s I knew about this forum cause word gets around (in case if any of y’all think I’m kidding since I’m clueless about yo-yo but managed to find this forum)!
Guess I wasn’t sure if someone local to him could compile all the info and make a case against him on the behalf of everyone. I guess I am naive in this, I know next to nothing about the courts and law nonetheless in Singapore. At least get him in a position to where he won’t be able to do this to anyone anymore. Cheers
guess I should probably post about what ended up happening with him since I was one of the people who got scammed. So I purchased 2 throws from clarence and he sold one of them to someone else. I ended up getting one of the original throws I purchased and he gave me two more to make up for the other throw he sold to someone else. I ended up actually getting a better deal than I would have if he just sold me the two I originally wanted but still he double sold and scammed a bunch of people and I don’t think he should ever be trusted in this community. I feel bad for the people who didn’t get any compensation yoyos and just outright got scammed.
Someone could compile and report, but those directly involved could also submit their police reports via email to spf_police_information@spf.gov.sg. Note in the email all relevant information.
I was under the impression you could file under small claims court, which I thought was actually really, really cheap. Civil court is a much bigger thing.
Oh please. Why would anyone trust you on this? You have a clear track record of being a scummy scam artist on multiple sites and in every possible avenue. You should be ashamed of yourself. Picking a community that prides itself on being wholesome and running on goodwill shows you clearly thought this stuff out as well.
Getting extra yoyos as a compensation prize doesn’t really justify the fact that he made a deal with you and then changed the deal because he felt like selling to someone else. And sounds like you had the most positive experience out of anyone here. Everyone else just ended up with nothing. This guy needs to be removed from every yoyo related group he is in.
I am from singapore as well. Got scammed by this guy too and found this thread.
Despite popular beliefs, singapore police cant do anything much about scams. You almost never get your money back. I have known people who got scammed for shopping online, or impersonation scams, and none of them got their money back. There isnt even any update from the police after the police report is made, lol.
Seems like this clarence lim vee yik /clarencelvy / itsmeclarence is continuing his scammy ways even after so long. Doesnt seem to learn. I have his mobile number, his photo etc.
I am gonna wait few days to see if he actually delivers the goods/refunds me. If he doesnt i will lodge a police report so at least theres some bad record on him even if i dont get my money back.
Any other locals (Singaporeans) who got scammed and would like to make a combined police report, pls telegram me @scammedbyclarence
Hi All
I am Kocela living in Singapore.
I am one of the victims, Lim Vee Yik who deceived my money due to he said that banking problem.
I am going to report him to police.
If anyone wants to be witness of his crime.
If….if, you could assemble a group of victims, each with proof of some kind that they got ‘burned’, then have them all go down to the Police station and report the Crimes.
You have to put the focus on his misdeeds. If a group of victims ‘square off’ with the guy, he might just have a few of his own friends around to get back in your faces.
And that would backfire and just make the victims look like a Mob.
…organize the victims. Have them print out purchase information. Identify a timeline, showing that the criminal, deliberately and with repeated premeditation, cheated multiple people out of their money. Showing the cheater carried out his thievery over a period of time, proves it was no accident, but his M.O.D. > Method of Operation.
And…. I’m not an expert on Criminal Code, but I think using the Internet with criminal intent to illegally extract other peoples’ money, could/would be considered ‘Wire Fraud’.
Remember…… People that do bad things, will continue to do ‘bad things’, if nobody interrupts their crime wave.
I totally agree with you, we need to step up to stop the method of operation of the criminal deceiving money.
If we don’t stand up to stop his misbehavior, there will be others people become victims.
Could we appoint the place to discuss and file the report to police and appeal the criminal case to the legislator to explore what he has done and prevent other criminals like him escaping sanctions from using the loophole of the law?
