A Lalamove driver accepted a job in the wee hours of the morning for “learning experience”. But he ended up with $200 in debt after borrowing the money to pay for a client’s order in advance — which turned out to be a scam. While the incident happened last March, the delivery rider told Stomp in an article on Sunday (Nov 30) that he wanted to bring it up now due to the recent prevalence of similar scams. He described his initial reluctance to accept the job at around 2am, which promised a $140 commission. “I’ve never done this kind before as the previous jobs I accepted were all paid online,” he reportedly said. “But on that fateful night, no such jobs were available. So I decided to take it up as a learning experience.’ “What’s more, it was on the Lalamove app. What could go wrong?” The client, who messaged him using an Indonesian number, first asked the delivery rider to buy $23.80 worth of food at an eatery in Bedok using his own money. He was then asked to buy drinks, potato chips and tissue paper packs amounting to $5.75 from a 7-Eleven outlet opposite the restaurant.  Read more