Its just like the facebook scam, too doubtful to believe but people still CLICK away!

i had different kinds of messages received before..

i received a message in my Suncel number that it’s his new number raw and was asking if kamusta na kami dito. (the number’s also a Suncel). my officemate and i replied and said ok lang kami dito and asked back kung kamusta rin sya. then later on was asking for a load. sakto we got a used card for load. so we replied, “sige, eto yung call card no. and pin number. pero unlimited text ng sun to sun lang yan hah.” the scammer didn’t reply back.

then another incident was when i received a message in my post-paid number ng Smart, saying that i won a certain amount and for loading up continuously. funny coz just the day before that, my officemate who also have a post-paid number, received the same message but with different amount nga lang. so i replied and said, “ako pa ba ang lolokohin mo?” the scammer replied na hindi raw nya ako niloloko and i really did win, but i have to claim it raw. sabi ko tigil-tigilan nya ako dahil hindi ako nagpapaload ever. nagreply na totoo raw yung message nya. i lastly replied, “try that on those with prepaid, baka believable pa, but not with someone na naka-post-paid” (perhaps it was a sent to all message? whatever!)

but it’s all up to us pa rin at the end of the day how we’ll deal with it. just be vigilant and be very cautious with what to say and not to say.

absolutely, these kind of scammers are the dumbest people i’ve seen in my life. what they want from you is your money. i’ll curse these scammers all of my life and i’ll hope they will learn their lesson in hell.

(this is inspired by: mememe)

haha
may nagtext sa globe number ko

+639277035458: Musta Na Kau lhat? e2 nga pala bgo roaming number ko d2 n kau txt ok lang ako d2 alam nyo mis kna kau.txtbk

tpos gumamit ako ng ibang phone (considering madaming tao ang pinapadalhan nila)
so nagreply ako using ung pinaglumaan kong tm na sim

Me: nagtext ka dun sa number ko. asan ka na. anyway may bago na pala akong girlfriend :))
+639277035458: Congrts jeje. andto p aq sa work. pwede mo b k loadan 150
Me: wala na akong load at nasa meeting ako
+639277035458: cge inty k matapos
Me: gabi na matatapos un wala nang bukas na tindahan. May kaibigan ako nagloload kaya lng sun siya
+639277035458: cge paloadan mo nalang ung sun ko eto number ko ***********
Me: send mo ako regular load para text ko siya and expired na pala unli ko

(Nagsend nga ng load 25php)

+639277035458: nareceive m ung lnoad k sau na 30pesos? Magunli ka uulit para matext mo ko. yan ha intayin ko na load ko
Me: di naman 30 ah 25 lang. cge wait lang
+639277035458: tgl nmn
Me: di nga nagrereply e send mo pa ko load tatawagan ko
+639277035458: w8 lang papaload muna ko

(aba ang ***** magpapaload daw)
(pinadalhan ako 30 pesos)

+639277035458: nareceive m ung 150?

Me: nareceive mo ung 150? ou nga pala may paloadan naman pala diyan bakit kailangan ako pa magload sayo :) Thank you sa P55 haha

+639277035458: ******-*** MO!

then ipinasa ko ung 50 pesos dun sa globe ko

COMPUTATION: nagsulitxt 5 ako dun sa tm ko 25 texts

5 pesos – SULITXT5 (initial gastos)

1 peso – transaction fee ng share a load
Tpos may naiwan na 4 peso sa tm ko
So ung globe ko may 50 pesos load na

sorry to say, bobo lang madadali ng mga scammer na yan….

haha! ginawa ko rin ito. Since naka-unli naman ako nakipaglaro na din ako. Tapos ang finale ko: “You’re location has been detected. NBI is on their way for a man hunt operation.” hahaha!

i also had a conversation with a scammer

scammer: E2 n new # ko. Kmusta n kyo dyan lahat.
me: juan ikaw ba yan?
scammer: oo ako ito, ano balita dyan..
me: bad news juan, patay na mga magulang mo..
scammer: no more reply…

hehehehe

I had this experience last month. It’s not a text scammer but still as abusive. The first text message I got read: “ULOL!” Probably just a some jerk with nothing to do I thought.

I couple of hours passed and that same number is calling me now. I answered thinking that it was a friend playing a joke on me. I kept saying hello, hello but no answer so I hung up. A few minutes later, it called again but still no one answered me.

Then this text came: “PAPATAY KITA! GAGO! ULOL!” That’s the first ever death threat I got and it’s very unsettling. I’m using a postpaid line and I’m not the first to use my phone number. Maybe it’s for the first owner I thought. But still, it kept me thinking and worrying all night. I didn’t want to reply or call the number thinking that that would provoke even more threats.

The next day, my friend tried calling the number using a different phone. Someone answered and it was someone from a BDO collections agency. I was like WTF?!

Anyways, I decided not to confront whoever that guy is. I want to file a complaint against BDO but I’m not sure where or if its even worth it. Luckily, that number never texted or called me again.

Still, this is one situation that’s not to be taken likely.

Dylan

I’ve never thought of doing this. By default I just ignore the message and block number of the sender. But I might try this some time, just for fun.

tex scammer: honey, e2 na ang new ROAMING NO. natangggap nyu na ba ung padala q ? paloadan mo muna aq ng P150 para makapagusap tayo.

this is very famous !!

haha i usually do that also.it’s fun giving false hope to those crooks tapos mura murahin sa huli.LOL

Wouldn’t even waste a single peso on a scammer.

We Filipinos are so GENEROUS. It’s funny to think that with an abundant information about that scam on the news still many people are falling for that. It’s either they don’t watch the news or they only want to spend their money on worthless scams.

What I would usually do is report these scammers to my service provider (Globe) via Twitter. The hassle here is Globe actually asks you for the exact spam message. Gagawin ka pang typist.

I’ve always insisted to Globe that perhaps with the numerous spam text reports I already filed with them, maybe by this time, they could flag my contact details as loyal&vigilant subscriber.Doing this,I wish I could skip the retyping of spam text part.They could verify in their system anyway if my spam text report is consistent with the SMS activity of the particular number I reported as sending spam SMS at that point in time.

Sometimes, I can’t help but think that Globe won’t make spam reporting just a bit easier because they’re making money out of such M.O.’s as well.

It’s like reporting unscrupulous activities to the previous Ombudsman; but that’s another story.

I had an encounter with a similar cretin once.

Sent me a message asking as to how we are, of course, their style is to lead you on thinking that they’re your friends or relatives. So what I did was I just hopped on his jolly scam-ride and played with him. At the start of the conversation I asked him if he was our “Uncle Alfred”, and he in turn “confirmed” it was him. Funny thing was, at the end of our conversation, I told him we don’t have an “Uncle Alfred” and that he messed with the wrong person. Of course, I sprinkled that last message with cuss words here and there.

They’re not the only ones who can screw other people over. :)