Beware! New Text Scam Targets Mothers
The creative industry in the Philippines is improving by leaps and bounds. Proof? Thieves and con artists are becoming more creative in ways they can get money from you. One of the most popular modus is through text, where they will trick you into sending load to a balikbayan relative, or to switch your phone off for service maintenance (and then proceed to contact your parent to ask for ransom money), or that you have won an imaginary contest. Indeed, if you’re not careful, you can be fooled by these text messages.
There is a new text scam that’s targeting mothers. In the new modus, the con artist will send a message to a mother, pretending to be their child. They will say that they are texting from a doctor’s cellphone, and that they are in an accident. The “doctor” will then reply, saying that the child is in the operating room.
Below is a screencap of a conversation that happened between the con artist and the victim. The post is now spreading on social media:
The caption reads,
PLEASE SHARE THIS SO THAT MOTHERS YOU KNOW CAN AVOID WHAT HAPPENED TO ME AND MY MOM.
BEWARE OF THIS SCAMMER!! 09089105437
WHOEVER YOU ARE, WAG KA NANG MANGBIKTIMA NG MGA INOSENTENG INA NA NAGMAMALASAKIT AT NAGMAMAHAL NG TUNAY SA ANAK NIYA!!! ISA KANG SALOT SA MUNDONG ITO!! TANDAAN MO, ALAM NG KARMA KUNG SAAN KA NAKATIRA!!
HINDI MO ALAM YUNG STRESS AT PAGAALALANG IDINULOT MO SA NANAY KO!! WALANG HIYA KA!! KUNG PINALAKI KA NG MAGULANG MO SA GANYANG PARAAN, DI KO KASALANAN YAN!! LOKOHIN MO NANG SARILI MO PERO WAG LANG ANG IBANG TAO!!!!
NAGAWA MO PANG MANGABALA NG MGA KAPAMILYA AT KAIBIGAN NG NANAY KO PARA LANG MASIGURONG LIGTAS AKO!!!
SABIHAN BA NAMAN NA CRITICAL AKO DAHIL SA AKSIDENTE DAW AT KAILANGAN DAW NG LOAD PARA LANG MAKATAWAG SA BLOOD BANK? ISANG MALAKING KAPUTANGINAHAN!!!
I AM VIGILANT AS F*CK SA MGA TAONG GANITO, AND I’LL LET KARMA KNOCK YOUR LIFE INTO THE DEEPEST SH*T OF HELL!!! AND I’D BE DAMNED THAT’S FOR SURE!! NONETHELESS, F*CK YOU DR. MENDOZA KUNO!!!
PLEASE SHARE THIS TO PEOPLE YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY MOTHERS THAT ARE QUITE SUSCEPTIBLE TO THIS KIND OF SCAMS SINCE IT INVOLVES THE WELFARE OF THEIR CHILDREN
The rough translation is:
Please share this so that mothers you know can avoid what happened to me and my mom.
Beware of this scammer! 09089105437
Whoever you are, stop victimizing innocent mothers who love and care for their children! Remember, karma knows where you live!
You don’t know the stress you gave my mom!
You have no shame! It’s not my fault if your parents raised you like that. You can fool yourself but don’t fool other people!
You had the nerve to harass the friends and relatives of my mom, who made sure I was safe!
It’s craziness to say that I’m in critical condition because of an accident, and that he needed cellphone load to call the blood bank?
I am vigilant as f*ck against people like this, and I’ll let karma knock your life into the deepest sh*t of hell! And I’d be damned, that’s for sure! Nonetheless, f*ck you, Dr. Mendoza!
Please share this to people you know, especially mothers that are quite susceptible to these kinds of scams since it involves the welfare of their children.
Below are a few other versions of this text scam that targets mothers or kids, sent from our readers:
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Beware! New Text Scam Targets Mothers
