Online cheat concealed IP address to scam victims

In 2006, Robin Goh Chin Soo, 29, posted on motoring websites claiming that he was in Germany and was able to obtain bulk discounts on car parts and accessories at 25 per cent lower than retail prices here.

He invited the other forum users to place orders with him although he was not in a position to obtain discounted prices.



To prevent detection as well as to give the impression he was in Germany while he scammed off $12,500 from 19 victims, Goh used advanced software to hide his Internet Protocol (IP) address.

To make it more difficult for police to track him down, he operated the scam through his neighbour's wireless router without the neighbour's knowledge.

When police finally got him, he jumped bail in August 2007 and fled to Malaysia, Thailand and Taiwan. Goh eventually surrendered himself in August this year at the Woodlands Checkpoint as he had grown tired of travelling.

On Tuesday, he pleaded guilty to cheating, to securing access to the Internet illegally, and concealing his criminal proceeds. He will be sentenced on Jan 17.

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