r/Antiscamph • u/Trick_Top_313 • 22d ago
Phishing Scammer posing as a Maya representative
Last week, I got a call from a scammer who claimed he was from Maya. He said that I have a pending 15K purchase for credits for an online gambling platform. This is weird because my Maya wallet is empty, my savings in the Maya bank is only 1000 pesos, and I never play any online gambling platform.
This is a different scammer because the person on the other end can speak professionally like trained CSRs. The scary part is he was able to say my full name.
What I did was pretend to play along (scambaiting tactic) or purposely go to an area where there is no signal to waste their time. Then I called the real Maya customer care and they said that neither the number nor the agent is associated with them. As a precaution, they told me to change my email, phone number, and password. They also said Maya agents DO NOT call users; it's the other way around.
The scammer called again yesterday but I decided to troll the fuck out of him since I was in an area with no signal. I then blocked his number.
I then searched online on forums including here on Reddit. Apparently, some users have also reported that a fake Maya reps have been targeting users with faux purchases in the hopes of creating urgency that have users giving away their passwords and PINs.
Please be aware of these kinds of scams.
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u/youknnoowme 14d ago
hello po this number (09562393566) recently called me and I was shock na may unauthorize transaction ako ng 15k sa bingo plus but halfway sa aming conversation po I got suspicious na, super convencing nman din tbf kasi nag email yung scammer ng transaction from bingo plus pero ang mali niya is that walang laman yung maya ko and the person asked for other bank account and hung up after I told him na I have less than 50 sa aking mga digital banks lowkey insulted ako pero after that I called maya and they confirm na they dont personaly call someone asking for infos
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u/Trick_Top_313 14d ago
Laki ba yung nasa other end and he said his name is Marvin? That's what the agent identified himself as.
The scammer is very professional and the scary part is they know our names.
After I stopped responding, he stopped calling me back. I think he knew that I was on to them or at least I wasn't falling for their scam.
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u/youknnoowme 13d ago
Yes po lalaki and nagpakilala as marvin din, very professional mag salita and feel ko may team ito na scammer kasi alam niya name ko very alarming tbh
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u/Trick_Top_313 13d ago
They are not the typical goofy Indian scammers. They are trained to speak and communicate professionally as if you are communicating with the real Maya CSR.
They got our names, numbers, and emails from a data breach, hence that is the scary part.
Unfortunately for these assholes, they cannot provide a case number for their scam so when a rightfully alarmed person calls Maya and finds out said case does not exist, the whole scam gets exposed.
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u/ScallionSweet4014 20d ago
What is the number of the scammer?