Well ... almost.
For a few weeks now, I have been exchanging text messages with a person whom I thought was my oldest sister working overseas. The person greets me good morning and I greet back with additional details (not too personal information) about our family.
Last Thursday this person asked me if I can send him/her PHP2500 worth of Smart and Globe loads. I said I don't have my salary yet (and I paid the HSBC thingy) and I can't send the person the load he/she needs. I said to my "alleged" sister can she wait until Thursday (today) because my salary will be credited to my payroll account by that time. The person said okay.
Last Monday the person sent a text message if I can send (thru text) 10 Smart cards worth 500 each and 6 Globe cards worth 500 each - a total of PHP8K. He/she said that we will earn PHP700 for each load because he/she can sell it for PHP1200 from where he/she is now (allegedly where my sister is now). I said to my sister "Okay, but you have to wait until Thursday" (yes, I trust my sister so much I send/give/lend her money as much as that). I also said to the person "I will just send you the card numbers and PIN thru your email". The hoodwinker said "No, just send it here to my cel instead".
It felt weird for me.
I felt a certain doubt with that person whom I was talking to.
I didn't feel like my big sister.
Fast forward to today. I sent a text message to my oldest sister to her actual number from the country where she is that I will be sending the PHP8K load in a while. She replied "Why would you send me that much load? What am I going to do with that?".
There it is!
I wasn't furious nor disappointed. It just felt weird. That there are actually people like that. Who opt to trick other people than just work their asses off to earn a decent living.
The person texted me today saying "I have additional orders of Globe 500. When can you send me the card numbers and PIN".
I didn't reply.
The person texted me again saying "Where are you now? Are you buying the load now?"
I replied "Change my friend. Because there is karma."
This is the hoodwinker's number - 09153550427.
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Hehehe these effing scammers.
I got those a couple of times. They start out with something innocuous, like "O, kumusta na kayo jan?" After a few exchanges, I realized I didn't know this person from Adam, so I decided to have a little fun with him.
So I texted back: "Heto, pilit pa rin namin ikaw itago sa NBI, pero nakailang balik na sila sa bahay e. Sumuko ka na, kuya, plzzzz...
The moron never texted back.
its good that you discovered the scam on time, friend. that's something to talk bout in our next coffee session. :D humanda ka nga lang sa pang-aasar ni binibining marla.
@rudie - i actually thought of sending him fake Globe/Smart card numbers/PINs. but i was too lazy to key-in the numbers because it was a lot! LOL!
@gentle - well aasarin ko sya pabalik. LOL!
ive been a victim of this about two years ago, this time, they hacked a very close friend of mine's account and used his account to ask for load.
long story short, i ended up losing P12,000.00
Evil people, be gone! Buti nalang you spoke with your sister! :)
that happened to me once. I was txting who I thought was my cousin back and forth trying to figure out exactly where we were going to pick him up and then I got these (at first) small requests to pasaload. i gave the first one and then i thought, i thought he's on a post-paid plan? i texted my other cousin, his younger sister, and someone had stolen his cell phone the week before! she gave me the new number but the scammer kept persisting. every day i'd get a pasaload request for a week.
@Herbs & LOF - looks like their scheme works ... sometimes. I hope there's a way these people can get caught.
@citybuoy - thank God for doubts. hehehe.
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