{"id":18312,"date":"2025-08-06T03:46:17","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T19:46:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.comparehero.my\/blog\/uncategorized\/korean-tourist-offers-rm3k-bounty-for-lost-phone-in-sabah-sea-but-msians-say-no-thanks.html"},"modified":"2026-03-26T15:59:24","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T07:59:24","slug":"korean-tourist-offers-rm3k-bounty-for-lost-phone-in-sabah-sea-but-msians-say-no-thanks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.comparehero.my\/blog\/lifestyle-finance\/korean-tourist-offers-rm3k-bounty-for-lost-phone-in-sabah-sea-but-msians-say-no-thanks.html","title":{"rendered":"Korean Tourist Offers RM3K Bounty for Lost Phone in Sabah Sea, But M\u2019sians Say \u201cNo Thanks!\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10px;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">(Source: 123rf and Facebook | <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/randolf.paza.3\/posts\/2770323653162215?ref=embed_post\" style=\"font-style: italic;\">Randolf Paza<\/a><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">)<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #0a0a0a;\"><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<!--more--><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">On 26 July 2025 at about 5.15pm, a South Korean tourist named Yeeun was out paddleboarding off Tanjung Aru Beach, Sabah when things took an unexpected turn.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Just 5-10 minutes offshore, her Samsung Galaxy smartphone slipped from her hands and sank into the water. Distraught yet determined, she announced a RM3,000 bounty to anyone who could retrieve it via her Facebook page <\/span><span style=\"color: #0a0a0a;\">which was reshared by a Sabah veterinarian named <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/randolf.paza.3\/posts\/2770323653162215?ref=embed_post\"><span>Randolf Paza<\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #0a0a0a;\">,<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">but no one\u2019s jumping at the opportunity of earning a month\u2019s pay in a day<\/span><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">. Here\u2019s why!<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #050505;\">\u201cI&#8217;m looking for a diver to find my lost phone. I know it&#8217;s very unlikely. But there are so many precious pictures&#8230; So I&#8217;m trying for the last time.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #050505;\">\u201cI think it&#8217;s likely to have sunk because I put my phone in a waterproof pack. And I think the waves are not strong, so there is a high probability that they are sinking in their place.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/144634072.fs1.hubspotusercontent-eu1.net\/hubfs\/144634072\/Samsung%20Bounty%201.png?resize=640%2C378&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"378\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Samsung Bounty 1\" style=\"height: auto; max-width: 100%; width: 1028px;\"><\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"font-weight: normal; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10px;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">(Source: Facebook | <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/randolf.paza.3\/posts\/2770323653162215?ref=embed_post\" style=\"font-style: italic;\">Randolf Paza<\/a><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<h2><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">That feeling of losing all of your precious memories<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">To Yeeun, it was not just any gadget but a device holding precious memories and personal data. Since smartphones are not small collectibles lost and found by the shore she knew this might require professional help from divers able to navigate Sabah\u2019s coastal seabed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #050505;\">\u201cAt first, I thought the photos would be synchronized, so I gave up and came to Korea. But I lost so many precious pictures because they were out of sync. Even if it&#8217;s unlikely, please I want to find it. I&#8217;m looking for someone to help using professional equipment.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #050505;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/144634072.fs1.hubspotusercontent-eu1.net\/hubfs\/144634072\/RM3k%20Bounty%20for%20Missing%20Samsung%20Galaxy.jpg?resize=640%2C558&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"558\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"RM3k Bounty for Missing Samsung Galaxy\" style=\"height: auto; max-width: 100%; width: 808px;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"font-weight: normal; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10px;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">(Source: Facebook | <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/randolf.paza.3\/posts\/2770323653162215?ref=embed_post\" style=\"font-style: italic;\">Randolf Paza<\/a><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<h2><strong>Despite the generous reward buzz spreading fast online, the response from Malaysians was surprisingly lukewarm<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Naturally this offer caught fire on social media. Instead of excitement for RM3,000, netizens posted cautionary messages about risking personal safety for someone else\u2019s loss. Many, if not all, warned about hazards of underwater search in murky, or rather crocodile filled, local waters.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/144634072.fs1.hubspotusercontent-eu1.net\/hubfs\/144634072\/Samsung%20Bounty%202-1.png?resize=400%2C144&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"400\" height=\"144\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Samsung Bounty 2-1\" style=\"height: auto; max-width: 100%; width: 400px;\"><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/144634072.fs1.hubspotusercontent-eu1.net\/hubfs\/144634072\/Samsung%20Bounty%203-1.png?resize=400%2C77&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"400\" height=\"77\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Samsung Bounty 3-1\" style=\"height: auto; max-width: 100%; width: 400px;\"><\/p>\n<p>As the days passed the comment threads remained active yet no one reportedly came forward to dive under. The phone remained lost and the RM3,000 bounty unclaimed. This incident has become more than a missing\u2011phone alert. It turned into a viral conversation around trust responsibility and the risks of beachside adventures.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/144634072.fs1.hubspotusercontent-eu1.net\/hubfs\/144634072\/Samsung%20Bounty%204-1.png?resize=400%2C70&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"400\" height=\"70\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Samsung Bounty 4-1\" style=\"height: auto; max-width: 100%; width: 400px;\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">&#8220;In this case, I&#8217;m worried that the retriever would go missing as well.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/144634072.fs1.hubspotusercontent-eu1.net\/hubfs\/144634072\/Samsung%20Bounty%205-1.png?resize=400%2C81&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"400\" height=\"81\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Samsung Bounty 5-1\" style=\"height: auto; max-width: 100%; width: 400px;\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">&#8220;Have to wait for the sea to dry up first before being able to find that phone.&#8221;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Source: 123rf and Facebook | Randolf Paza)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":268230141,"featured_media":182,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"{title}\n\n{excerpt}\n\n{url}","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[412],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18312","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle-finance"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - 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