Shocker

"A friend of mine the other day commented about how emo my blog felt. Got meh? Anyway, today I shall be blogging about something a lil more exciting."

Just a few weeks ago, I was chatting on the line with one of my buddies and I received an incoming call..


Private..

So I just finished up with my friend, and took the incoming call..

*tuut tuut..tuut..*

So I went along doing my own thing and I got a call.

*121* (Voice Message calling me.. I find this rather cool actually, having 'Maxis' call you)
"You have one new message.. First message.."

I listened.. and listened.. My heart slowed down only to start beating faster and harder, "I hate it when this happens.." What the.."

Thoughts of times where I raced past a red light, argued with a cop, settled with a cop, rioted, vandalised soemthing..
Or perhaps more recently..God forbid, the I.S.A. is after my ass for discussing recent sensitive issues? Thoughts of me possibly ending up like the fate of our dear local warrior, Namewee with his trendy anthem passed. Could I be heading to a high-profile government intervention into my private life?

I wanted to swear off Malaysian politics there and then.

My colleague Nic was sitting beside me merrily talking when he suddenly realized that I had a pale look on my face.

"You ok ah, bro?", he asked.

"Yeah.... gotta make a call. Be right back..", said I before I got out of the car to contact the High Court. Here's how it went.

Me: Hello, nama saya Justin Wong dan saya baru dipanggil oleh Makhamah Tinggi kerana saya tidak hadir dalam satu perbicaraan.
HCstaff: Ya ke? Kamu ada menerima apa-apa surat berkenaan hal ini, tak?
Me: Takde. Tapi saya baru dapat 'miss call' daripada mereka dan mereka tinggalkan voicemail saja.
HCstaff: Oh, ini penipuan la, En. Wong.
Me: ...
HCstaff: Ya, memang beberapa orang sudah komplain tengang ini.
Me: *phew* -_______-"
HCstaff: Eh, kamu jangan bagi nombor IC tau!
Me: Ya ya. nasib baik voicemail aje.

I figured the modus operandi of this sly bs3rds is:

1. To let you hear this pre-recorded message.
2. You will (Well, I would've) then press 9 for 'further information'.
3. Like other services, the 'obvious' thing to do next is validate your identification so that they can 'check' their database for your 'case'.
4. Thinking that the High Court is so advanced, unsuspecting civilians would surrender their private information and then *SLAM*.. they put down the phone on you leaving you with no option to retrace the information or sue the heck out of 'High Court'.

So my advice, be VERY careful with where your IC number or any other sensitive information goes, whether it be on the phone, telemarketers, online pop-ups, credit card agents, etc.

I'd like to thank whoever it was who was talking to me, the High Court lady staff and God for bestowing me good luck against this Sohigh court.

*phew*