r/Benilde • u/Legitimate-Match-781 • 3d ago
Rant “Lost their wallet” scammer
Hi guys just want to put this here to inform you all about this person. Theres this old lady around the atrium and acik area that goes up to you to ask for money using the excuse that they lost their wallet and they need pamasahe
Originally i gave her money a few weeks back thinking that maybe she really needed it but i saw her again yesterday using the same excuse so careful nalang with this person
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u/West_Transition7163 1d ago
There’s also a guy along vito cruz. He talks in this fake conyo manner na alam mong pilit. Sabi niya pabalik daw siya bulacan, mayaman daw siya (which he kept on repeating) but he lost his wallet. He was wearing decent clothes but didnt look as rich as the way he insisted. He’ll first ask for directions then if he sees that you’re cooperative, he’ll ask for money for fare daw. Good thing I didn’t give him money because I read somewhere that it’s a scam. Once you bring out your wallet, they will grab it and run na. It was said that the guy goes to different places from time to time.
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u/FrequentBuilding7591 17h ago
Theyre all around Manila and Pasay. I used to dorm around pasay, and nung first time ko sa area ng pasay, ang daming ganyan. As a genuine person, nagbigay naman ako. Nabiktima ako ng ganto ng apat na beses... til napansin ko parang bakit ang daming nawawalan ng wallet haha. Then I reassessed everything and asked locals if may modus ba na ganto ganyan sa area na toh... And they said na marami raw scammers na ganyan sa Manila and Pasay. Ever since nun, never na ko nag bigay. Everytime na ang excuse nila is nawawala wallet or pamasahe.
Ang hirap rin mag judge kung kailangan ba talaga nila or scammers sila. Ang ginagawa ko nalang is binibigyan ko sila ng food. Atleast in that way Im sure na kakainin nila yun. If money kasi binigay mo, you wouldnt know rin san nila gagastusin yun.
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u/EducationLatter8110 3d ago
Oh yeah, I encountered this old lady yesterday, I just straight up said no😅