Hi everyone!
Remember yesterday I was thinking of upgrading my iPhone 4 to either iPad mini or Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0. In the contrary, I don't have enough budget right now so, I decided to dispose first my iPhone before taking the next step. To make the story short, I have posted an advertisement on www.sulit.com.ph last night.
I woke up today and checked the ad and I've got a personal message. A girl named JULIE MIGAY, a non-member, left a message including her email address. I am not new to online transactions like this so, It's in my nature to verify every detail first before jumping into conclusion.
The message goes like this:"Sound Good,I want this send to my friend who is recently out from oversea. I will pay you $323 and extra $150 buck for shipping fee am so sure the Philipost EMS postmail won't charge more than that for local shipping so let me know if my offer sound okay with you?.Thanks "
Quite confusing right? Too good to be true actually.
I replied using my yahoomail account since she's not member of www.sulit.com. I clarified where exactly "the friend" is right now, if he/she is having a vacation here in the Philippines. If yes, I advised Julie to send me the details of her friend like Name, Address and Contact number. I don't know but I have this instinct that THIS IS A SCAM. First, I checked if she's on Facebook and found out that she has an account but most of her friends (she has only 50 friends) or almost all are Filipino. Also, I googled her name and to my surprise, I've found the CONFIRMATION on my hunch.
http://www.junkmail.co.za/blog/the-top-10-scam-types-in-south-africa/6897
Ha! this is the answer. Right in front of my eyes.
Julie replied immediately with the following information:
"there is my friend address
Receiver Name: Adam Cole
Address:Petunia 329 Jorissen street
State: Pretoria
City:Sunnyside
Zip code:0002
Country: South Africa
Contact number:+27746742732
do get back to me with your paypal email address so that i can make the payment right now okay"
I can't help myself from replying to her (I can just ignore her actually), and guess what, I don't even have much control over my SARCASM either.
"FANTASTIC Julie! I've seen your facebook account and it seems like you got a lot of Filipino friends! Hmmmm... and why do you want to send the package in SOUTH AFRICA? and WHAT'S ADAM COLE doing there?
I don't transact through PAYPAL Julie, I've LEARNED about A LOT OF SCAMS going on there.
so, BEWARE!
PS I'm not an idiot like OTHERS okay?!"
*devil's laugh
Julie replied:
"HEY what do you mean look are you selling yes or no"
I decided not to reply anymore. Such a waste of time.
Guys, please be cautious on your online transactions. :)
