Just another Scam story to share here.

Hello letran, So this scammer really had gont through miles. I personally known someone who's been a victim.Early this 2009 January,my mom's c0-worker in UK,her yahoo messenger was hacked and asked me if i know somebody who can hacked back her ym so she can change her password becoz the hacker's been using her ym for this prepaid card for business.My mom's co-worker sister had chatted with the hacker and was trying to convince her to send 5thou pesos worth of prepaid card.My mom's c0-worker's sister called her sister in UK and asked about the matter becoz she's being puzzled the way her sister chats(not knowing it is a hacker)the good thing is,she was able to talked and asked her sister,so the hacker didn't get any cents.And my mom was able to give warnings to all their friends and other kababayan. I haven't heared any news about this hacker if he/she has been caught or was he/she still doing scam here on the net. We should make a wide campaign for this...and thanks for reminding me about this my friend..

that seems to be one of the downsides of new technology, it gives criminals direct access to you through the computer or your cell phone.

I definitely will not entertain such kinds of messages. I think it is but normal not to talk to strangers. And I will never, ever reveal to anyone my PIN, as that is the most, the toppest secret of my life.

Hi Let, With all these scammers around, why are people still so stupid? Tamara

That's good information there. These hackers are no good and prefer to earn cheap by stealing people's money online. but the problem is that it's hard to avoid these kind of people. I am with you one this one, they shouldn't do this to us. Cyber-crime has gone far this level....

With the new types of phones that you can now access the internet as well as your email, messengers, and social networks, comes with it the risk of virus's, trojans, and worms. Its in inevitable, there are those out there that just develop such things to disrupt our regular routines. If you have a computer or any type of equipment that can connect via the internet you need to realize all are vulnerable to these things. Everyone who purchases or is given such devices needs to do a quick to learn how to protect our computers, devices as well as our life. Scammers have been around all through out time, we all know this, it isn't anything new. This is just another way of doing the same old thing just with new technology. I don't trust anything unless I know the person which with a phone call or a visit can remedy the situation. If not I do not answer or provoke anymore communication. To many out there to take the dollars I don't have now into their pockets. Be aware of what you do... know that they are out there .. never stop believing evil exists in all walks of life.

My mom and I know how to handle these text scammers. Since almost all of my relatives live abroad and those who are in the Philippines are much well off than we are, it would be impossible for them to ask us for prepaid loads. We would start by, really? What happened? Okay we will send you the load, just wait for it. Then of course we would never send the load. If the scammer will text back, we will reply back by saying that we have loaded the number with credits, must be a problem with the service. LOL. I did receive another uncanny scam that deals with cellphone prepaid loads. I received a text message informing me that I received P20 worth of credits. I thought the load was sent by a friend that I was texting that time and I told him that I might not be able to reply back since my credits was already running low. But I could not use it, when I inquired about my load balance it was at zero still. So I assumed that it may be a problem with the service provider and bought credits so that I could talk to my friend. The next day I received a text message asking me to return the P20 that was loaded by mistake. I said, duh. I was not even able to use the "load". The texter introduced himself as a policeman (as if I would be intimidated). I ignored the messages until this person stopped sending text messages.

Scams like those are so out there... i receive texts like that on a regular basis... and i actually sent a pasaload worth 3 pesos... just to annoy the scammer... he/she was asking for 300 php worth of load... we exchanges text for a few minutes then i gave in and sent 3 php... I pity those who fall for such scams... but we all need to be cautious and a little less trusting...

I tend to receive mails like that too but I ignore them. I don't know why people can't find something meaningful to do online other than scamming others. The best thing to do when you see related mails like that is to send to spam, don't even bother to read them. They may even attach a virus called trojan to affect your pc. Ignore is best for them. Cheers

Be aware of things like this, there are a lot of scammed out there, There are some sending you a text message and telling you that you won on a lottery draw and asking for your bank account. Don't believe to people you don't even know. Because of recession all over the world there some people do illegal like this.