Tips On How To Spot A Scammer

Proper information dissemination is another and it is the purpose of this topic.

There are 4 major types of scams that we observe:

1. Gadget scams - selling gadgets like TVs, games consoles and cellphones in very low price. They even sell items that are not yet available in the market.

2. Pet scams - posting pets for adoption and asking the victim to only pay for the shipping fee. Free pets in short (but the shipping fee is not)

3. Lending scams - they lend money to anyone with very fast processing.

4. Buying scam wherein the scammer will post a message to an existing advertisement that they have a son or daughter residing in another country and they wanted to buy your item. They even post their scam message to those "Wanted to Buy" advertisements showing that they do not even try to read and understand what the advertisement is about.


So how can you distinguish a scam advertisement:

1. If the price of the item is too good to be true. Nirerekomenda po namin na mas maging maingat at mag-exert ng effort para magresearch tungkol sa advertisement pati ang Ad Owner if you intend to proceed with any transaction.

2. If the transaction will be done online (i.e. buyer pays and then seller ships the item without meeting each other) and the seller is willing that you pay 50% of the item first and then pay the remaining after you receive the item. Walang totoong seller ang sasang-ayon dito.

3. If a company name is posted in the advertisement, hanapin ang company nito sa Google. If the company really exists, more or less you can get some information about it in the internet. But be careful and be more resourceful as some scammers use the name of existing companies. Kung makikita nyo ang Company Website, i-check kung ang Advertisement na pinost ay parte ng kanilang product list or services. And to be sure, contact the company using the contact information posted.

4. If the advertisement owner is asking you to pay using Western Union, Moneygram or any money wire service. There is NO tracking in these payment schemes.

5. Take note that fake cashier checks and money orders are common so be careful with transactions involving them.

6. Inquiry from someone who is from another country and the cost of shipping the item is ridiculous if you compare it with the price of the item.

7. Walang kakayahan at tinatanggihan ang offer na magkita kayo in person kahit pa napakalapit lang ng lugar na pagmi-meetingan.

99% of the time, you can avoid being scammed if you can DEAL LOCALLY WITH MEMBERS YOU CAN MEET IN PERSON!

Mag-ingat po tayong lahat sa mga Scammers.
Kasi sa totoo lang, kahit na ang mga may magandang layunin sa tao ay naapektuhan dahil sa maling bintang.

Dapat po nating malaman kung alin ang Scam at Hindi, kung ano ang totoo.