Text Scam Warning: “Handog Pangkabuhayan”
By Rico, 7:07 pm Sun Nov 18 2007 - News - 411 Opinions
The Philippine National Police Directorate for Investigation and Detection Management (PNP-DIDM) has warned the Filipino public of a text messaging scam currently making the rounds.
Mobile users who receive an SMS asking them to join the “Handog Pangkabuhayan” (”Gift of Livelihood”) promo are advised to ignore it, as it comes from a syndicate seeking to con unsuspecting people out of their money. The text message asks recipients to text or call a particular number to join the “promo.” Those who do so are asked to continue texting or calling several times to remain “qualified” for the “contest.”
Apparently, the syndicate is trying to fool people into making unnecessary calls and texts, running up their charges, for reasons currently unknown. The message claims authorization from the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and the Central Bank of the Philippines to give their scam a semblance of legitimacy.
Legitimate SMS promos will always course through telecommunication companies’ short codes, 3- or 4-digit numbers provided by the carrier, not the usual mobile number format (eg: 917-123-4567). Customers with complaints are advised to contact the DTI Hotline at 811-8231, local 1216, or the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) at 9267722.
Sarah Abutazil (KSA)
10:10 pm Mon Feb 22 2010
Beware of this Cel # +639071795361 as he/she was victimizing many Filpinos throu his text scam activities, maybe you will be the next victim
Arrah
10:10 pm Tue Feb 23 2010
also beware of this number: +639268332121
ka-allen
10:10 am Thu Feb 25 2010
09268229517
-ayan din
vilma
10:10 am Fri Feb 26 2010
Yes,there are so many scams in the Philippines right now.
I was given a smart roaming by my cousin so that they can txt me and now I received this txt from PGMA charity that my simcard won P950,000 and that I am being asked to ring them.And of course I asked someone from the Philippines and they told me its a scam.Then,my schoolmate from primary school in the 1970s was conned in giving them a prepaid load to another celfone number so please people be careful out there.It looks like the Nigerian scams that they send thru your emails.Please be careful and aware of these scammers.Thank you very much.
vilma
10:10 am Fri Feb 26 2010
This is the number of so called Atty:Romulo A.Macalintal: 09105133591.The other day there was this lady called Atty:Claudia Sanchez who also txted me for the same details but,when this Atty.Romulo Macalintal txt me again then thats when I realized that its a scam.I deleted that certain Claudia Sanchez number.
Please be aware of these scammers as they are just using different aliases I think.
Jaime David
7:07 pm Mon Mar 15 2010
I had received one this year 2010, so I research. Now here, I posted that I really don’t know what am I going to do. Good luck….