Earlier this month, it was reported by several news outlets that our homegrown alternative rock band Estranged had been invited to perform at the Apple Music Christmas Festival in the U.K. alongside big names like Metallica, Radiohead and more at the end of this year. However, there are some new information has come to light and this news shockingly turned out to be completely FALSE as the fellas from TheHive.Asia have been personally contacted by Estranged’s lawyers and they have informed them that the band was in fact been by a Malaysian con artist named Ms Eziana Abd Aziz who represented herself as an Apple Inc. Publicity Manager.
“We regret to inform you that we have been misinterpreted by a con artist and have just discovered that the said Apple Music festival in London does not in fact exist,” read a statement issued by Estranged’s lawyers.
At first, the band was uncertain on whether they should make this public as it would heavily affect their band image, but in order to ensure that theres no other innocent musicians shall fall prey for the same scammer, the three-member band decided to make the news known to public.
“We have decided to make this information public in the interest of other innocent fellow musicians who are passionate about their music but are sometime too gullible when it comes to business. It is in our nature as musicians sometimes to be too trusting of people. We have certainly paid a heavy price for this,” the band said.
“We have decided to come out publicly because we understand that this con artist is now approaching other musicians. We cannot in good conscience keep quiet and allow other musicians to fall prey to her,” they continued.
The band also mentioned that their manager have received a letter from Ms Eziana completed with the signature from Apple Music Director Adam TL Wilson, but they soon found out that the letter is actually a forgery.
A Fake Letter From The Scammer
The band keep in touch with the people from Apple in U.K. who has confirmed that she is a fraud. It is important that everyone are alerted about this incident. It’s affecting them due to this event, that there was a moment that the band considered breaking up and thought of cancelling their upcoming tour starting from Kilang Bateri in Johor Bahru. But after a few consideration they’ve decided to be strong for the sake of their fans and Estranged will continue their musical journey with a stronger resolve to be the best as they could.
We hope there’s no there’s no one else besides them would be the victims to these kind of scammer. We hope them for the best in the near future.
