#SNS Scam

Back in the days, online scams were perpetrated via emails, forums or instant messenger (YM mostly). I think it was way harder then to successfully run a scam compared to nowadays. Thanks to social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter and FourSquare, these scammers have much more information they can use to their advantage. First, the MO (modus operandi) -- a scammer pretends to be an old/close friend you haven't met for some time and contacts you asking for money. With your Facebook account, scammers are able to pull out photos and personal information (i.e. With all these information about you readily available on social networking sites, it becomes much easier to scam you or use your identity. SNS now becomes another source for picking out personal data for the application (and even an SSS ID). Emergency eLoad Scam - scammers posing as friends or relatives asking for money via eLoad or call cards (or Smart Money/GCash) due to some accident or health emergencies. Read more in our articles including "SNS makes Online Scamming Much Easier" and "A conversation with a Text Scammer".