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Brian Wee and the FedEx job scam

Take heed if you've been offered to work for FedEx Malaysia/Singapore/Asia Pacific by a man who goes by the name of Brian Wee Beng Swee or David Martin Wee - it's a job scam for sure and I'm not shitting you. I was once friends with Brian for a good part of a year plus - only, he told me that his name was David and that Brian Wee Beng Swee was his fictional cousin who works for the Information Ministry's office in Sarawak. I only found out months after his disappearance that David and Brian are one and the same person. With regards to the job scam, Brian had on several occasions urged me to apply to a "newly-approved" communications position at FedEx Malaysia/Singapore that would pay me between USD6,000 to USD8,000 and require me to be based in Singapore. However, I never did get to apply for said position because there would always be some sort of "issue" with management that would result in the position not being available until things were...

Brian Wee Beng Swee, the conman

I make reference to a post I wrote towards the end of last year  about this one friend. Well, turns out that he may actually be a conman after all following some recent  revelations . While I believe I have not been manipulated in any way, I consider the man called Brian Wee Beng Swee to be a potential danger to anyone he attempts to befriend because I - as well as some others who got involved in his con - are unable to figure out his motives until today. Let me share you my story. I used to be quite active on Twitter some time ago, during which I went through a particularly devastating breakup. Brian, who went by the name David Wee then, was following me on Twitter using the now abandoned handle @dmwee. He got in touch with me through DMs and I was grateful for his support and encouragement. At the same time, he started engaging with me and several other people I know on Twitter, including J, a former housemate of mine who is based in Indonesia. Somehow ...