Would-be gigolos cheated in Malaysia: report
AFP Sunday August 27, 09:21 PM
KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) - Malaysian men are being conned by newspaper ads supposedly searching for male gigolos to service Western and Middle Eastern women, newspapers reported.
The New Straits Times said men had gone into debt with loan sharks in order to pay deposits to a recruitment agent who promised them a lucrative job as a male escort.
"He told me I could earn up to 10,000 dollars a month," said one man taken in by the scam who identified himself only as "Alan". Alan paid the agent 1,000 ringgit (270 dollars) and shortly after was told to meet a client at a city hotel. He waited for hours until he spotted a Western women who seemed to be searching for someone. "I thought she was my client so I approached her and introduced myself. To my surprise, instead of receiving words of welcome, I got cursed and insulted," he told the daily. "After being humiliated in front of others, I just walked away and realised that this was not the sort of experience I was looking forward to," said Alan who reported the scam to the Malaysian Chinese Association's complaints bureau. "I want people out there to know that there is no such thing as male escort services and to stay out of such a con."
Another victim, "Martin", said he had also waited for hours to see a nonexistent client in a hotel room, had to go into hiding after borrowing his 1,000 ringgit deposit from loan sharks who he was unable to repay. "I worked out in a gym to make sure I looked good, and was strong for my clients. I even drank lots of essence of chicken," lamented Martin. "I actually walked up to several foreigners and asked them if they were my clients. I was nearly slapped by two women."
Michael Chong from the Malaysian Chinese Association, a political party that is a member of the ruling National Front coalition, said he feared that many more people had been taken in.
"The advertisement was published last month and I am sure there are others who suffered a fate similar to these two men," he told the newspaper.
Straights Times via www.2Bangkok.com
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