By Lim Wei Chean

HER credit cards, stolen without her knowledge, funded somebody's shopping spree comprising three Rolex watches worth $5,700 each.

The goods and thieves are gone. All cardholder Tan Shock Ling, 39, is left with is a $17,100 bill.

The banks are insisting she must pay up, because the transactions took place before she reported the loss of the cards.

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