Badminton: Pro shuttler Pei Jing reveals the root behind Dobevil scam

Pei Jing revealed earlier this month that she had been a victim of a scam and has shared the details on the incident via social media.

“My scam is known as job scam. Initially, a friend introduced me to a software called Dobevil,” said Pei Jing.

“Normally, I would not pay attention to try such things but at that time, I was frustrated with my career, unable to achieve the results that I wanted, which led to anxiety about my future after retirement.

“Therefore, after repeated recommendations of my friend, I took this wrong step. This impulsive decision gave both myself and this software a chance, leading to the current outcome.

“This software is similar to cross-border e-commerce, operating like running your own online store, involving order taking, procurement, manufacture shipping, and buyer signing, while I earn profits in between.

“However, I didn’t know the whole software was a scam. I genuinely believed in it. All the order amounts, customer service and buyers were actually controlled by them. The amount I was scammed for became so large because the order amounts gradually increased and I also gradually invested money.

“I started to realise I was being scammed because the order amount became too large to be matched by the merchant’s procurement.

“After hesitating for a long time, I finally decided to tell my family what I was facing,” added Pei Jing.

Despite the tough time she endured, Pei Jing came out fighting and reached back-to-back semi-finals with Tan Kian Meng in the Indonesian Open and Australian Open.

The 31-year-old also combined for the first time with Lim Chiew Sien in the women’s doubles and went all the way to the final in Australia before finishing runners-up.