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Mommy Jazz

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Text scam
« on: August 20, 2012, 03:13:39 pm »

I still receive texts that I won an amount, that he's an atty, etc, etc. I know it's a scam but where should I report this? Nakakainis na, naghahanap sila na maloloko.
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Re: Text scam
« Reply #1 on: August 20, 2012, 04:42:59 pm »

Huwag mo na lang pansinin, don't even bother to reply. Mahirap buhay nowadays, kaya all sort of scam ginagawa. Meron pa nga humihingi ng load kaya better ignoring them than be trap.
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Re: Text scam
« Reply #2 on: August 21, 2012, 01:53:47 pm »


Mommyjazz, madalas po ako makareceived ng ganyang text msgs, dito po pwede --> http://www.ntc.gov.ph/
« Last Edit: August 24, 2012, 05:38:53 pm by kissablesam »
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Re: Text scam
« Reply #3 on: August 22, 2012, 10:56:07 am »

hahaha I always receive texts like that and I just ignore it. Sometimes kapag nasa mood akong mang-asar, magrereply ako ng: "really?"..di  naman sila sasagot. Hahaha..
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Re: Text scam
« Reply #4 on: August 24, 2012, 02:59:26 pm »

Thaks! I'm checking out this site:
http://www.ntc.gov.ph/publicassistance_textmessage.php

Tanong ko lang, may nahuli na ba?
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Re: Text scam
« Reply #5 on: August 24, 2012, 03:02:36 pm »

Ako madami nag ttext.. ako c .... emergency lang wala nako load.. loadan mo naman ako ng 50.... hahaha pag trip ko sasabihin ko.. "o sige.. pero loadan mo muna ako ng 100 tapos send ko syo yung 50" hahaha
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Re: Text scam
« Reply #6 on: August 24, 2012, 05:40:18 pm »

^^ parang wala pa po :) sana meron! pero we can complain naman if ever meron man, ang uso kase ngayon yun mga hackers ng creditcards..
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Re: Text scam
« Reply #7 on: August 24, 2012, 05:58:28 pm »

Yung nahuli kasi with the help of Binay's daughter, phone call yun eh,, hindi text scam. Of course we can always ignore it pero nakakainis na talaga. ayaw kong patulan instead,  I want to report it. I still haven't read the file needed to be downloaded from NTC.
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Re: Text scam
« Reply #8 on: August 25, 2012, 10:06:32 am »

Kung madami na po yun natatanggap nio its best to report na talaga sa ntc, sakin kase pag me natatanggap akong ganyan mga "nanalo at nagpapaload" binabara ko kaagad, di naman nagrereply. oh i remember, nabiktima nga pala ako before ng "nagpapaload" all along kase i thought its my cousin turned out scammer but hindi ko napadala yung load, ginamit nalang namin..
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Re: Text scam
« Reply #9 on: August 28, 2012, 11:35:02 am »

may ganyan rin na natanggap si hubby. Eh since my kamag anak sya sa ibang bansa napakagat sya. Na sabi may padala daw tapos nanghihingi na ng load. Dun na naisip ni hubby na scam yun. Then naalala ko na may tawag sa kanya yung kamag anak niya. Tapos kinukulit pa sya sa tezt asking kung makakapagpadala nga daw ng load. Then pinagtripan ng mister ko nagtatanung tanong ng kung ano ano. hahaha
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Re: Text scam
« Reply #10 on: August 28, 2012, 12:13:04 pm »

so far wala pang nahuhuli for the text scam kasi wala way ang telco to monitor or locate the where abouts of the scammers-- unless siguro papatulan ang pangloloko nila and  entrapment operation can be set.

other reason can be - its hard to track  disposable ang sim they can always throw it away.
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Re: Text scam
« Reply #11 on: August 29, 2012, 11:39:26 am »

But if they require you to deposit, wala bang say ang bangko? Their security cam, the depositor's info? I know may mga signs sa banko warning the public about text scams and depositing an amount for tax daw, etc, pero how involved are they in fighting this or revealing the scammer's identity?
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Re: Text scam
« Reply #12 on: April 26, 2013, 09:28:23 pm »

Saw this on the news tonight
http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/video/159995/24oras/abot-sa-p10-000-halaga-ng-cellphone-load-naipadala-ng-isang-lalaki-sa-nagpanggap-na-kapatid-niya

Lesson learned, pag sinabing "eto na ang bago kong number", call the relative's orig no to confirm.
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