If ever you encounter an email or message filled with mistakes there is a chance it might be a scam. A lot of people still fall for this kind of scams (see how they make money out of this here). In a recent text message of this kind, I thought I'd indulge the scammer and play along to see how much effort they'd put into this. That's 1 hour of time the scammer wasted for nothing -- an hour he could have used to really scam others. Was thinking -- in a more crowd-sourcing kind of way -- if others can also take some time and waste this scammers time, then it might just frustrate them and make them think their MO isn't cost effective. Imagine if at least 100 people pretend to have a conversation with a scammer for one day just to make them busy, the promise of Php150 load might seem un-interesting. Do you have your own text scam story to tell? There's a lot of new text scam going around but this one I just got this afternoon targets postpaid subscribers. Read more in our articles including "5 ways to spot a Phishing Site from a Mile Away" and "A conversation with a Text Scammer".
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May 28, 2026If ever you encounter an email or message filled with mistakes there is a chance it might be a scam. A lot of people still fall for this kind of scams (see how they make money out of this here).
In a recent text message of this kind, I thought I'd indulge the scammer and play along to see how much effort they'd put into this. That's 1 hour of time the scammer wasted for nothing -- an hour he could have used to really scam others. Was thinking -- in a more crowd-sourcing kind of way -- if others can also take some time and waste this scammers time, then it might just frustrate them and make them think their MO isn't cost effective.
Our coverage of scam philippines includes: "5 ways to spot a Phishing Site from a Mile Away"; "A conversation with a Text Scammer"; "The Share-a-Load, PasaLoad Text Scam". Each article provides unique insights and information.