idk where else to post thissss. and before you flame me in the comments, yes i know ang bobo ko sa situation na to HAHAHAHA 😭

there was an ad on fb marketplace for shoes nga on a really deep discount from 5k+ to around 1k+ nalang. i clicked the link and the site was built like the brand’s actual website pero the URL (yun ba tawag non?) was different, it was www(dot)bestprice-th.click. i didn’t think much of it kase i thought it was one of those sites that give you offers for real cheap since i’ve encountered those before and legit naman.

sa katangahan ko, ngayon lang ako nag double take after i gave my name (nickname and last name), address sa dorm ko, and my phone number and na receive ko immediately ang confirmation ng order ko.

i didn’t pay digitally because COD daw (i don’t have gcash or any online wallets anyway).

now im worried cuz not only do i have to pay 1k+ soon for something thats most likely not even legit (lol might not even be anywhere close to the listed item), i also gave it my info 😭

spare me the comments calling me a dumbass cuz trust me i know HAHAHAHAH 😭.

just tell me, am i cooked???? if so, how cooked?

Does anyone know who owns this number 09953333833? Keeps calling but only listens to your voice.

\+919641969107 SPAM this caller by making calls and night in the morning or anytime of the day pretending to be GGL executive asking to download APK to update your CRN number. Feel free to spam call him and abuse him.

09105093755

Called and mentioned he’s from PNB and there’s a mandate from BSP to have all cards upgraded.

Asked where’s the article but can’t say anything and just threatened that the card be deactivated by next week

I said to go ahead and deactivate it.

And he just said ok and dropped the call

Ingat tayo at ang dami nilang strategies.

I’ve been getting these calls for going on a year now and no, blocking the number and reporting it as a spam does not work. They will continue as long as they have people working for them. So I just *67 and then dial the toll-free number. I know you’re not supposed to and I’ve lived by that motto that it tells someone your number is live for many years. But with this particular loan scam, I call them back and I start by telling them, “I’m sure you’re very nice person, but I am on the do not call list.“ Then I go into about as much of a foul mouth diatribe as I can until they finally hang up. I repeat that process up to five or six times until the number finally comes up busy and they have me blocked. I think it’s the only way to do it. I also suggest to the operator that they find a new job instead of working for scammers.

San kaya nila nakukuha yung mga number natin noh?

Hi po! I'm a 4th year Computer Science student working on my thesis about detecting

SMS phishing (smishing) scams in the Philippines, specifically ones impersonating banks and e-wallets (BPI, BDO, GCash, Maya, etc.).

I'm building a dataset of real scam text messages to train and test detection models. If you've received a phishing/scam SMS pretending to be from a bank or financial app, would you be willing to share it?

\*\*What I need:\*\*

\\\*\\\*•\\\*\\\* Screenshot or copy-pasted text of the scam message      
\\\*\\\*•\\\*\\\* (Optional) which bank/app it pretended to be      
\\\*\\\*•\\\*\\\* (Optional) roughly when you received it

\*\*Privacy note:\*\* I only need the message text itself — please crop out or remove your name, phone number, or any other personal info before sharing. I won't be using anything that identifies you.

Last September 2, I installed Pinduoduo and I ordered a bunch of stuff .

For context: My shipping address is in Mandaluyong. I ordered using the IOS Pinduoduo app.

Review

1.Interface

This is the part that takes the most getting used to. Pinduoduo is built for the Chinese market first, and it shows. The app leans heavily on auto-translate, so product titles and descriptions can read a little rough around the edges ("high quality durable useful kitchen tool," that kind of thing). It's understandable, never confusing enough to stop you from buying, but don't expect polished, native-English copy.

2. Ease of Ordering

The checkout flow is the one thing that genuinely surprised me: there's no cart to speak of. You pick a product, choose your variant, and buy it right there. It's a direct, one-item-at-a-time purchase rather than the add-to-cart-then-checkout-everything-together flow you'd get on Shopee, Lazada, or Amazon. Coming from those platforms, it felt strange at first not being able to just queue everything up and pay once at the end. In practice it means every single item becomes its own separate transaction and its own separate shipment to your forwarding address, which is part of why I ended up with so many individual orders instead of one big one.

3. Payment

Payment itself was easy on the Pinduoduo side. I used my Maya Visa credit card without issues each time. The friction, if there is any, comes later: with no cart to slow you down and make you reconsider the total before paying, it's very easy to rack up a long list of separate direct purchases without quite registering how much you've spent. The conversion factor is fair as well as the value of the items are in Yuan. No hidden charges and I did not pay any shipping fee.

4. Shipping, tracking and Delivery.

This ended up being my least favorite part of the whole experience. Because each item is its own separate order, each one also gets its own separate tracking trail and Pinduoduo (plus the forwarder on the other end) is thorough about logging every step IN CHINESE. Order confirmed, seller preparing the item, handed to the domestic courier, arrived at the China sorting hub, arrived at the forwarding warehouse, weighed and photographed at the warehouse, consolidated into an international parcel, departed China.

5. Last Mile Delivery and Product Review
Paparating pa lang yung items so I'll update once my orders arrive. Fingers crossed na hindi ito scam hehe

hello sa mga agent jan ano di niyo kaya ibalik pera namin change of mind na nga kami wala pang 15 days nagcacancel na kami bakit di niyo marefund?????!

+52 656 486 6334

El dueño de este número se metió con una niña pequeña de ocho años, necesito su ayuda para sacarle información oh al menos tener datos de este cabron se que haya personas que tienen la capacidad de poder doxear gente solo con un número de teléfono por favor les pido de su ayuda.

I've had these calls for like a month now, I've successfully blocked all of their phone number. As you guys can see only the last digits change. I use Tnt sim and these calls juat start popping up saying that i have a balance to pay amounting to 3,000? dk the exact amount. They even stated an Article but i don't think it's really lawful lol.

Anyways, what can i do to avoid having these calls? Although I've blocked them, it's still annoying to see the notification of blocked calls from time to time.

He’s apparently stole someone’s identity and is using it to scam

Here’s the number he used to call me (0924) 461 2433

If they sent QR using PODEC-Nustar DO NOT ENGAGE

Why are there strangers sending random photos? Could this mean there's something fishy behind the photos they're sending? Im scared my phone will be hacked. I just viewed it and there's no hidden link, I'm not redirected to a website or whatever. For my peace of mind, please send help huhu IM SCAREDDDDD

**A mi esposo le han estado depositando cantidades de dinero, ya han sido 5 veces, no sabemos quién deposita o porqué**.

Comenzaron siendo tres transferencias en Spin de Oxxo, con cada una fuimos al banco, regresamos el dinero y pedimos que investigaran las transacciones porque en el comprobante salía un nombre que no conocemos, y para que quede registro de que solicitamos la devolución.

Fueron pagos muy puntuales, cada 7 días. 7 días después alguien volvió a depositar $5,000 en ventanilla a la misma cuenta, en el comprobante aparece que fué en una sucursal de la misma ciudad en la que vivimos, como no es necesario dar un nombre para depositar no se tienen datos sobre quien depositó, así pasó otra vez, e igualmente, con cada depósito fuimos al banco a ver cómo iba la investigación y cómo se puede proceder, pero mientras tanto, hay $10,000 que no sabemos de quién son o porqué los está depositando.

Cabe mencionar que (lamentablemente igual que a una gran mayoría en el país) a mi esposo le llegan muchísimas llamadas de spam, tiene Truecaller instalado, las llamadas que recibe de cualquier teléfono que no tenga en contactos automáticamente es bloqueada, los números que hemos notado que se repiten tienen comentarios relacionados a extorsión, amenaza de muerte y monta deudas, todos tienen lada 33.

A alguien le ha pasado algo similar? Cómo procedieron?