A cabby is disheartened after encountering a passenger who disappeared without paying the fare for her trip from Sengkang to NTU. She left her bag in the taxi as a pledge that she would return with money but never did.

When the cabbie felt that something was amiss, he checked her bag and found only rubbish and crushed paper inside.

It was then that he realised he had been duped by an irresponsible passenger.

When STOMPer Al, the cabby's son heard of the incident, he was filled with anger and disbelief.

Al says:

"I would like to relate an incident which happened to my father. He was cheated by a cab-fare con, who is an NTU student.

"On Monday, January 17, at 9:59am (as indicated on fare receipt), my father picked up a passenger from the Compass Point taxi stand in Sengkang. The passenger was a young Chinese girl dressed in white top and skirt and she was carrying a light grey handbag.

"Her destination was NTU.

"This lady passenger told my father to speed up as she was running late for her morning class.

"Upon arrival, (at 10:38am as printed on receipt) at NTU on Nanyang Drive, this lady passenger informed my father that she had insufficient cash for the taxi fare (which came up to $23) and assured my father that she will return with the money in a while.

"She then said that she would leave her handbag in the taxi as an assurance.

"My father waited for a full 15 minutes but this lady passenger did not reappear. At that instant, my father realised that he had obviously been conned by this passenger.

"As such, he decided to check the handbag which the lady passenger left at the backseat, only to find trash and crushed papers stuff inside it.

"Sad to say, my father has been a victim by a cheater and the most appalling thing is that this cheater is student of NTU, a tertiary institution that is well ranked globally.

"This is a very dishonest incident, which makes me feel very disheartened and filled with outrage.

"I am ashamed to be associated with my alma mater".