Text Scams (Eto na yung bagong roaming ko) Asking for Load

2 times na po ako nakareceive ng text na nagsasabing "kumusta na kayo diyan , eto na ang bagong roaming number ko. may padala ako package diyan, may cp at ibang gamit. Paloadan mo muna ako ng P500, busy lang kasi ako". Matagal ng uso ito pero paalala ulit sa inyo baka mabiktima kayo deadma na lang kayo.

In an advisory, Globe Telecom wrned the public against a new modus operandi by unscrupulous individuals to dupe and defraud subscribers.

According to the company, a text message is sent out to unsuspecting subscribers supposedly from a relative working abroad saying that the number used to send the text message is his or her new roaming number.

Such text message would read: “Eto na yung bagong roaming ko, kumusta na kayo diyan? Lungkot dito abroad. Miss ko na kayong lahat diyan. Uwi na ako Pasko. (This is my new roaming number. How are all of you. It’s lonely here. Be home on Christmas).”

Another is: “Kamusta na kyo dyn? i2 na bgo ko roaming #, may padala ako dyn. ingat kyo lagi, God­bless. Miss u all.” The telecom company said that if the recipient of the text responds to it, the scammer posing as the OFW may ask for money or prepaid load credits.