I recently received several text scams about winning from a certain raffle draws, being given rebates as a loyal subscriber, and a lot more different stories. I normally delete the messages and don't bother myself to reply. I just ignore and delete it. I am thinking how do these people do these acts of scamming innocent mobile users? Oh, well maybe really a sort of their money-generating tactics is to make people believe about their best promise. However, it's quite alarming because almost daily, I am receiving different text for my globe and smart postpaid. My question is, how do these scammers get a list of postpaid subscribers? I know that it's a targeted text because I never received the same texts at my prepaid globe and smart extra SIMs.
How to deal with them? I think the only way is to IGNORE. Do not dare to answer or text-back, you will definitely hear new story like how-to-claim the prize, how to get the surprise gift, how to activate the codes, and the like. People must be clever enough to handle these never-ending text-scams. Well, this is just a lower version of email spam. People should be aware and learn. However, there are still lot of fellow Filipinos fall victimized :(...
If the text come a suspicious sender, check it out. Text promos require you to register using a special given number given by the Telecom Service Provider. It's a special 3-4 numbers, and not a regular 11-digit number (e.g.. 2366, 357, 2477, etc.) Of course, if its a promo, you should be fully aware of it, right? So if a text comes in and says, “Congrats, your mobile number won P1M”, don’t get too excited especially if you didn’t join any contest via text. Just if in case you really joined a certain promo and waiting for the result, there's a notification thru phone call and a registered is mail being sent to the home address. NOT thru TEXT.
Do not believe that the texter is an Attorney or a true lawyer in practice. It's a traditional way of introducing a higher personality to quickly penetrate and deal with the agenda. However, reality wise, an Attorney always have a Secretary to deal with people, so as the Directors of certain organizations, don't believe that you are so special to be contacted personally by higher personalities. This is not to make you feel down-graded but just a mere fact.
Don’t be a victim and know a scam texts when you receive one. Report the number which appeared on their text messages to the service provider. Block the numbers, delete the message right away. Be clever. be more wise than the predators! Don't let your hard-earned money be wasted.
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