A conversation with a Text Scammer

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. :)

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.

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.

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

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

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 !!

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.

OMG!
I also received this kind of text a few months ago!
And to think na my friend just left the country, I thought it was him.
Pero hindi ako naloko.
Nagduda ako kasi bat humihingi ng load.
Kaya sabi ko, ikaw ba si Mark?
Sabi nya oo daw.
Then nag-reply ako, cge nga kung ikaw si Mark, ano ang Surname mo!

Hindi na nag-reply!
HA!
Buti na lang hindi ako naloko!

Still, I think gullible people might be scammed by these assholes!

MY EXPERIENCE:

AFTER THE USUAL BOLAHAN, SCAMMER ASKED FOR LOAD..(IM USING SMART)
ME: di kita mapaloadan, nasa bus ako.

SCAMMER: pagbaba mo na lang.

ME: papunta ko bicol, matatagalan pa ko bumaba.

SCAMMER: ok lang, wait ko.

ME: text ko na lang ofismate ko’ng nagloload. kaya lang globe yun. eh naka unli txt lang ako sa smart, di ko sya mattxt. pasaload mo muna ko kahit 5 pesos lang.

AFTER A FEW MINUTES, RECEIVE KO PASALOAD NG SCAMMER.

SCAMMER: rcv mo na pasaload? asan na load ko?

ME: (pretending to be my husband) tigilan mo na pagttxt sa asawa ko.sino ka ba..etc…

THEN HINDI NA SYA NAGTXT.

(di ko tuloy alam sino scammer saming 2. hehehe. ako pa nakakuha ng 5 pesos sa kanya..)

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 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

But, Yuga, you also wasted 1 hour of your time conversing with this idiot. In my case, what I would usually do if I recieved a msg like this is I send it back to him his own msg.

Hmm. I’ve received a lot of similar texts. I don’t have time to waste, so I ignore the message. When these scammers catch me on a bad mood though, I “sms bomb” them. I have unlimited texting so I send them several messages. I’m sure it would overwhelm them for a while somehow.

its been a long MO for quite some time.
another variant of this scam is from a lawyer of any foundation/organization (like manny pacquiao foundation) telling you’ve won a raffle.
by the way here’s an entry I have posted more than a year ago:
http://www.spiderhamworld.com/2009/08/scams-101-new-sms-scam-uncovered.html

IMO, just don’t reply. Replying means that the number(your number) is active and that scammer can always try again and caught you off guard.

hmmm…nice idea. Will try this when I get the chance…screwing scammers is fun.

dalawa lang klase ng tao sa mundo! MANLOLOKO at yung NAGPAPALOKO… :-) yuga u wasted 1hr. of your precious time… sino ka sa dalawa…? IGNORE mo nalang….

nakatanggap din ako message na ganyan noon especially un roaming number dw ..hehe ,, after niya managamusta sinabhn ko wala na kmi pera dito tita padala po kayo..hehe

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!

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

(this is inspired by: mememe)

haha
may nagtext sa globe number ko

+6392770*****: 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 :))
+6392770*****: Congrts jeje. andto p aq sa work. pwede mo b k loadan 150
Me: wala na akong load at nasa meeting ako
+6392770*****: cge inty k matapos
Me: gabi na matatapos un wala nang bukas na tindahan. May kaibigan ako nagloload kaya lng sun siya
+6392770*****: 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)

+6392770*****: 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
+6392770*****: tgl nmn
Me: di nga nagrereply e send mo pa ko load tatawagan ko
+6392770*****: w8 lang papaload muna ko

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

+6392770*****: 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

+6392770*****: ******-*** 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

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.

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.

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

before having a cellphone got hyped up in the market, ang mahal ng SIM card before. ngayon for 50 pesos makakabili ka na.

i’ve received a lot of texts from scammers. the first one i’ve received, I almost went out at 10pm to buy load for the sender, thinking it was my mother abroad… good thing i was too lazy that time, and something at the back of my mind said it was kinda weird, since my mother never perfected the usual texting style…

Your suggestion is a good idea to stall these scammers…

I usually just reply by saying how they’re the scum of society and that people like them who victimize people out of their hard earned money are the reason for our country’s hardship

pls see my blog, i just have 4 entries there. you can read my blog regarding the text scam since i was a victim before.

ive tried this before din sa ganyan na scammer din, sinasabi ko napa load kona 300 pa nga pinaload ko sayo. hehehhe

haha had a similar experience not too long ago, and i think i made the scammer really REALLY frustrated. we had a good laugh with this experience

i told him i’d buy a card and send him the pin and he replied in an instant “sige antayin ko isend mo na” then i sent a message that contained:

“############# #########
o ayan tita yung pin ng card,
paki-kiskis nalang ha?”

and the scammer never texted back.sweet. hehe

i once have Globe blocked a spammer telling me I won in their Charity sweepstake draw. Na-blocked naman kasi after a week I tried to call the number pero d na maka-connect. BTW, sa Globe CS ko siya nireport thru email. Actually, from Globe FB account ko ata nakuha then after reporting different case there eh nagreply sila thru email. So from time to time pag may problem eh nagrereport ako sa CS nila. Sumasagot naman sila at mas ok kaysa thru phone.

i got a scam message like this before: this is how our conversation go…

scammer: hello. kmusta na kayo lahat diyan. eto na new # ko.

me: kuya robert, ikaw ba yan?

scammer: oo, ako nga. kumusta na kyo? padalan niyo naman ako ng load dito sa # ko

me: o cge, wait ka lang. kumusta na pala pagiging hosto mo sa japan?

(no reply after a few minutes)

scammer: o, nasan na load ko?

me: atat ka naman masyado. di ka ba binibigyan ng load diyan ng mga customer mong mga matrona at bading?

(scammer never replied again)

bwahaha.

haha.. I had a similar experience once, pero nung nangamusta na yung scammer sinabihan ko ng sobrang daming problema. tameme sya. LOL

some of the problems I mentioned was Ate got pregnant and eloped due to shame, bunso and Mama were not talking anymore, I suspected Kuya of being a drug-addict because of sudden change in behavior. hahahhahahahah HE NEVER HAD THE GUTS TO ASK FOR LOAD! =))

Hello! Alam nyo po yung Birkin Scammer?

Dito po yun: http://chuvaness.com/9053/shopping/talk-of-the-town-the-birkin-scammer/