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Text Scammers Actually Sell Their Stolen Load

Ever wondered why you get one of those lost text messages from unknown people pretending to be a friend, relative or loved one then asking you to send them mobile load credits?

Some of the text message goes like — “musta na mahal? miz na u. papasa load naman.”

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Of course, those aren’t really innocent text messages — they come from text spammers who randomly send out those messages to any number hoping that a few of them gullible ones reply back and do actually send prepaid load credits (via Pasa-Load or Share-a-Load).

According to a product manager from one of the telcos, these text spammers (scammers) make money out of those shared load credits by selling them back to the public.

The bet and fastest way is for them to offer these prepaid loads at below market price (cheaper than the SRP) so they’ll move fast. Makes sense considering they’ve got pretty high margins.

So whenever you bump into stores or people selling “pasaload” or “share-a-load” at much cheaper prices, chances are high they got the load from scamming other people.

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Abe is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of YugaTech with over 20 years of experience in the technology industry. He is one of the pioneers of blogging in the country and considered by many as the Father of Tech Blogging in the Philippines. He is also a technology consultant, a tech columnist with several national publications, resource speaker and mentor/advisor to several start-up companies.

36 Responses

  1. Avatar for Debbie Navarro Debbie Navarro says:

    Obviously, Post paid plans sell leads to this businesses to spread those messages. Its like email spam we probably receiving every single day. They are making money out of this leads.

  2. Avatar for weirdzal weirdzal says:

    PASALOAD TEXT SCAM:

    Scammer Numbers: 092393***** / 093235*****

    “SunCellular:
    You’re the one Selected Postpaid Plan Given 50% Discount Billing, to get your 50% Discount Billing just forward 17-digits secret code to 2292. You will receive 17-digits secret code on next message.

    50 093235***** 9999

  3. Avatar for Joseph Joseph says:

    Scammer: 093937*****
    Sent this via text: “musta na kau dyn e2 ang roaming no# q, mgp2dala nga pla aq ng pera sa lingo txtbk
    Since I knew from the start that this one is a scammer, I decided to ride his “joke.”
    This one is trying to get 10k from me on a business proposal.
    Just posting this so people will be aware.

  4. Avatar for joey joey says:

    ganito ang style ng isa: “muzta kau diyan new num ko ito. may padala akong mga damit diyan next week.” natuwa naman ako. sabi ko ‘kaw ba yan tol?’ oo daw. kuya me magandang business dito. loading station for pinoys. P500 daw puhunan tapos 1500 ang benta. sabi ko ‘ayos ah’ muntik na akong magpadala ng load worth 5k. pero sabi chat kami sa facebook. ayaw. ahhh nagduda na ako. tapos minura ko ahaha.

  5. Avatar for Miklos Miklos says:

    Last time I got a text like that I wrote back all excited and say this was my last load – send some so we can continue to talk – they sent 10 peso and I blocked them :)

  6. Avatar for dan dan says:

    i got these too, i wonder kung bakit sa sun plan??? i got a sun postpaid pero may mga ganito na din ako every other day. Is their a possibility that the telcos are sharing their database?

  7. Avatar for hamachi hamachi says:

    I have been a globe prepaid subscriber for 5 years at nkkatanggap din ako ng mga you won from this raffle and send me load text messages.pero for a period of 5 years, as far as I can remember mga 3 or 4 messages lang naman. so I can say na tahimik buhay ko.now here’s my problem which is really really getting into my nerves, just recently Feb 12/11 to be exact, I applied for a post paid plan. would you believe from the moment na naactivate yong number 2 text messages agad natanggap ko? hinayaan ko lang kasi baka wrong send lang. but that’s not the case at all kasi almost everyday until now nkkatangap ako ng mga texts, offering loans, healthcards,that binay is in dubai, text about pinoy, etc.2 to 3 messages a day.I called up globe which by the way ang tagal mghintay at ang sagot baka wrong send lang then I explained that no it’s not kasi ang dami and almost everyday.sabi ko wala ba akong karapatan ng katahimikan? para bang nakapublish yong number ko and kung sinong gusto magpadala ng text messages pwede at ang sagot simpleng globe can’t do anything about it.that they protect their subscribers and that I am the only one who owns the number.(gago! excuse me readers, sobrang nakakainis kasi) if globe really protects their subscribers then why can’t they do something about it?I was advised to call NTC.hello??!!isn’t it unfair? gusto ko tuloy magsisi bakit nag postpaid pa ako.by the way tumawag na ako sa NTC yesterday. I was asked to send my complaint through e-mail for the right procedure.for those who are also experiencing this heres the contact number of NTC 926-7722 e-mail o****@****.*** address to Engr.Froilan Jamias.

  8. Avatar for jjb jjb says:

    lols may naloloko pa rin pala sa mga ganito
    at least ako kahit gaano ako ka gullible, wala talaga ako pang pasa load.
    but seriously marami mabibilhan ngayon ng 40% off na load, pero puro online lang nakikita ko. dami kasi loading business packages na madali lang applyan. cguro sa dami ng competensya ng seller, binebenta nalang nila ng may discount online

  9. Avatar for Ferdinand A. Ferdinand A. says:

    I received text messages like that regularly. Once nakipaglaro ako sa kanila. I introduced myself as a 10 year old boy. I also told them na na-Ondoy kami. But still they asked me na mangutang para ipambili ng laod at ipadala sa kanila. TALAGANG MATITIGAS ANG MUKHA!

  10. Avatar for bennix bennix says:

    diba may bill na c senator M.Villar na ipa-register ang mga SIM card? It’s a good plan para matakot din itong mga loko2x…lol..

    http://www.bennixville.com/2011/02/xirrus-wi-fi-inspector-tool-excellent.html

  11. Avatar for Sonofa Sonofa says:

    Uhm… Nasa congress, senate, city halls na mga biggest scammers naten.

    These are just small fries…

  12. Avatar for ellenjoycastel ellenjoycastel says:

    While the government is planning to have Filipinos register their laptops, I suggest pati mobile sim iregister na para hindi na magamit sa pangsascam. I just hope hindi mapunta sa kamay ng scammers ang registration files.

  13. Avatar for Sonofa Sonofa says:

    I’m sorry, I bought load from a seller at 40% discount last year… Mga 2000 pesos worth of load din nabili ko…

    Nakapost din sa net mga ads… Dibale ngaun di na ako bibili… Halos wala na din ata silang load na mabenta…

  14. Avatar for Edwin C Edwin C says:

    Antique style na to. Talagang gago ka pagnagpaloko ka nito.

  15. Avatar for Straw Hat Luffy Straw Hat Luffy says:

    makarma sana ang mga taong gumagawa ng ganito.

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