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Losing both your credit cards and money while abroad is a traveller's worst nightmare. And that's what happened to a Singaporean man who had his credit cards stolen while holidaying in Japan. This traveller, who only wanted to be known as Lee, shared'Be cautious with your belongings': Singaporean loses about $12k after credit cards stolen in Japan
Losing both your credit cards and money while abroad is a traveller's worst nightmare. And that's what happened to a Singaporean man who had his credit cards stolen while holidaying in Japan. This traveller, who only wanted to be known as Lee, shared about his experience on TikTok last Saturday (April 13): «My two credit cards were stolen while I was in Tokyo, Japan, and were misused for a total of three transactions amounting to $11,600 by the thief.» Lee told AsiaOne that he realised that his credit cards were missing after receiving a transaction alert from a bank notifying him of an unauthorised transaction. Lee shared screenshots of the fraudulent transactions made on Apr 10 on his Standard Chartered Simply Cash Credit Card which showed three purchases made at two major department stores in Tokyo — Mitsukoshi Ginza and Matsuya Ginza — amounting to 1,311,049 yen ($11,600). «What surprised me the most was that the second credit card which was left unused in the trip was also missing,» Lee told AsiaOne. Read more