Monday, June 9, 2008

From user whatsupketchup

I just received this message from another Multiply user... since there's a message here that would benefit the greater good, I thought to post it verbatim.

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Hello Ms. Lea! Kmusta po? Kmusta din po kay cutie pie Nic and to your hubby Rob.

I am one of your fans and I love reading your thoughts here on multiply. Anyway, can I ask a little favor please? Please tell your friends or readers of your site to read my post on my multiply account about this scam that has victimized a lot of OFWs and our kababayans in the Phils. This scam is about globe/smart prepaid cards business. Apparently, this hacker will hack your yahoo mail and messenger and will use your identity by chatting with your friends on your yahoo messenger and will ask a favor to buy him/her prepaid cards. He/she will then promise to pay you back the next day. After getting the PIN numbers of the cards, he/she will not reply anymore. I have been victimized by this hacker who used my identity to get money from my friends.

I am exposing this scam as much as I can. I even wrote Inquirer, ABS-CBN and GMA-7 to make an article, news or a warning to our kababayans in the Phils.

Please help me expose it to everybody.

Thank you very much Ms. Lea. More power to you and God bless.

Hope to see you here in Chicago!

lots of love,
Jen

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There you have it.  Visit whatsupketchup to read her post.  Thank you.

51 comments:

reginee tan said...

Tindi naman nun! :-O

ARIEL REONAL said...

Just a few days ago, I received an e-mail from John Robertson that he is into a new business selling electronic gadgets. I thought it was kinda fishy so I e-mailed him to ask and confirm it. I was right! His e-mail account has been hacked.

Piper Holly said...

i hate scammers. Shame on them.

veatrice salvador said...

bad bad

Jed Madela said...

i was a victim too. Sigh.

bing ♥ said...

I got an email once coming from my own email address!

Ronald Manaron said...

Thanks for the heads up Lea. I know this will benefit a lot people since many other fans visit here regularly.

Jen Maglalang said...

Thank you so much Ms. Lea.

To all the readers of Ms. Lea's multiply, please help me expose this prepaid card scam by forwarding my post to your friends and online buddies. Thanks!

Gerry Nepomuceno said...

Ano ba iyan? Kapwa Pilipino pa ang niloloko.

Guy Gustafson said...

I'm sorry to hear that this is happening, and I thank you for making the decision to post!!

~*Chinky Fuentes said...

Thanks for posting! Very helpful.

Urane laderas-cabantog said...

i was a victim of a scenario like this....the message goes like this... (I need to tell you something important, but i dont have enough prepaid left, so can you buy me a prepaid load?) the message was originally in Tagalog.... and i kept on replying Who are you, but nobody answers.... my smart sim card is always receiving that kind of message...

and father also, in abroad, received that one, sadly, he gave a pin number of a 500 prepaid load....he thought that that somebody will tell something really important bout his family here in the Philippines....

thanks, anyway for the post...

A Gonzalez said...

I got one text, too, from someone who called me 'Hon' and he was asking for prepaid credits. My second boyfriend's ever so sweet.

JANE AREJOLA said...

Thanks a lot Lea and to Jen for the info...

lorraine caparros said...

well more hackers are emerging out of hell. be careful also when u go out and hang at malls, cafeteria or restaurants bringing with u ur laptops and using wifi. extra careful of revealing account nos. pins and other confidential records because hackers can be able to track them there! well, karma will fall upon them

Mac Turija said...

This is bad. Tsk, tsk, tsk.

My friends and I can't wait to watch Cinderella, Lea!

Jenny M said...

the same scam has been broadcasted in an ABSCBN show/news about several months ago, except that the victim wasn't an OFW and it wasn't about buying a prepaid card. a person has hacked the email account of the victim and emailed her friends. the hacker, who pretended to be her, told her friends that she has a very big problem and was asking a large sum of money. good thing, her friend called her first and asked her how she was before sending cash to the wrong person.

tsk tsk tsk...

oh yeah... there are also some people texting me calling me "honey" and says he has something very important to tell me and needs me to send at least P15 load so he can call me. who are they kidding!!!

Cyber Netix said...

-Out of context-
I just want to congratulate you Lea on your very successful "First Musical Concert in Seoul". Hope you'll be back soon as you have said.

Beer Gin said...

Only dumb & gullible people will fall for that kind of scam. Kung hindi mo kilala di huwag mong patulan kahit ano pa ang sabihin o message sa'yo, oh di va? But anyway, I'm sure multiply user Jen have achieved her 15 minutes of fame and I'm sure her site traffic quadrupled because of Manang's feature kasi walang maiisip si Manang na topic para i-blog. LOL

dave fabros said...

people should really know better, and just trust voice calls. even text messages can be faked...

on another note..hi, lea! :)

Trin R said...

Here's a good news and bad news for the culprit!

A Colorado man has been ordered to pay US$6 million in damages and legal fees for spamming thousands of MySpace.com users. source: http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080617/tc_pcworld/147159

Edmundo Lee said...

gintoxic: partly, i agree. pero napaka-blunt mo naman. nasa 21st century na tayo, di na uso ang mga barbarians.

Edmundo Lee said...

one sure way to solve the problem about prepaid scams - switching to postpaid. globe telecom has better postpaid plans, plus their svc is really ok.

Nice Novesteras said...

thnx for the info

nolit abanilla said...

I am a webmaster and I know the scripts circulating around. There is this legitimate script called roundcube which is a webmail and is available on most webhost. With this script you can choose the from portion of your email and the email will look as tho it was sent from whatever was written on that from entry. Really decieving even if you check on the details of the email. So the hacker doesnt need to hack on emails but assume the identity instead.

The best solution is to verify thru voice or other means before shelling out cash or any other stuff.

♥CHeRRyBLue SHoP♥ said...

I hate scammers! I was a victim too... in ebay! Lot of scammers in ebay because the seller's account was hacked. I never had second thoughts because he's got positive feedbacks. My identity was also used to buy some sort of e-gold which has worth of dollars!

And btw, if you're surfing publicly such as in the internet cafe and using IE as your browser, please disabled auto-complete settings. Go to Tools>Internet Options>Content then click Settings under AutoComplete section. Uncheck everything. For other browsers, try to research in the net.

Thanks Lea for posting!

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Leila L said...

Hi I am from Atlanta, GA.U.S.A and last week monday night i thought i was chatting with my filipina friend from Alabama, it was too late for me coz when i was able to talk to her (my real friend) wednesday night over the phone she said that her ym whom i was able to chat with monday night was already hacked. I am pretty sure this people that doing this are from the philippines. They'll be much more interested to scam you if they found out that your living in another county. A lot of my circle of friends was hacked already by these cunning artist roaming the cyberspace to scammed innocent people. it was like an epidemic on cyberspace.

Leila L said...

I know that this is not just a worked of one person, I'm pretty sure its a group of hackers
magaling mag tagalog. They will pose as one of you friends in your YM. They will tell you to visit a site or photo album from a site flickr photos. If you click that site after 2 or 3 days or just within 24 your hacked. Thats what happened to me. But fortunately I was able to reset my password by answering correctly the secret question after almost 48 hours that they take over the control of my YM 3 days of sleepless night as i can see my username name signing in and out of YM from my other YM username accnt. My hacked YM chatted with my different YM acct they didnt know that they were talking to the owner of that username they just recetly hacked. Same modus operandi when they start chatting with me with just a simple hi.

Leila L said...

To gintoxic, hindi mo nga masasabi na hindi mo kilala ung tao eh sino bang tao ang gusto maloko at maisahan, sino bang gusto manakawan ng perang iyong pinaghirapan. The modus operandi of this hacker-scammer is after he/she was able to hacked your YM & yahoo email add so hindi ka na makaka log-in using your username & password because he/she changed and edit your profile. Now, you dont have control signing in & out of your YM & email akala mo nagloloko lang ang server ng yahoo site so u will try again fow few days to sign back but to no avail kaya pla ginagamit na nya ang YM mo. Beside that he/she will also go into your emails ang try to read as much as he/she could to know you better para pag nag online sila sa YM mo they will pose as if your are the one chatting with you friends so hindi ka talaga magdududa sa umpisa.
When I was able to reset my password in YM, I saw everything that they change in my profile like my last name. They change my decent last name to a nasty one (Tae) they change my gender from female to male, they change my country from United States to Afghanistan.
Once na hacker na nakapasok sayo i mean wala kang kalaban laban kaya impossible hindi ka maloloko kasi nga akala mo friend mo ung kausap mo since that username was in you instant messenger contact list.

Leila L said...

Ms. leah its not my intention to hijacked this thread I just to tell everything that I knew of about this scam andami na kasing naloko nito. I think this started last Sept of 2007. One of our friend in Boston muntik na mabiktima nito. She was about to send $400 to her sister in PI for a downpayment of 100pcs globe prepaid card P500 denomination, she was talking to our friend in Alabama whom she thought it was really ella. Then while talking to ella, nag sign in naman ung isang pinay friend namin na taga texas nmn so she PMed her asking if ok bang kausap or ok ba magbayad itong si ella and she told our friend in texas about ella's business proposal and she replied oh yes, i already did a transaction with her before and she paid me right away naman ung daw ang sabi sa kanya but cguro blessing in disguise na rin she was disconnected in her YM di agad sya makapag log -in so she decided to call our friend in texas to let her know na she'll be back in her YM to her suprised ung asawa ng friend namin sa texas ang nakasagot sa tawag nya at ang sabi she is sleeping right now so nagulat daw sya bakit nakatulog agad eh ka chat plang nya. So she called again after 1hr to our friend in texas at ung nga sabi hindi ako ang ka chat mo almost 3 days na nga akong di makapag log in YM ko. So wala din syang kaalam alam na may iba ng gumagamit sa YM nya.

sugar dizon said...

johnlolali,

galing mo naman, mas mahaba pa ang post mo sa blog ni Manang. lol. learn how to put your thoughts in a short & concise manner. you can simply say---

WE GOT SCAMMED!

Leila L said...

sugahmma80,
Sorry for going into such detailed story about this scam but if you didn't appreaciate it you can tell manang to delete my post here. Gusto ko lang nmn detalyado so people who can read it will have a better idea about how these perpetrator modus openrandi. Sorry ha kaso nauna ka pang nag react kaysa kay manang.

sugar dizon said...

Bagong salta ka lang kasi dito. Di basta- basta nagre- react si Manang. Gumamit ka naman ng konting sentido kumon, blog ito ng iba at hindi iyo kaya kung gagawa ka ng nobela ilagay mo na lang sa blog mo.. maglagay ka ng link para dun sa mga interesado sa kwento mo na sa tingin ko ay wala. LOL

Leila L said...

Cool ka lang! Oo nga bagong salta lang ako ika nga napadaan lang nmn dito but you could have tell me in a nice way or at least you could have PMed me na ang haba ng blog ko pero maigsi nga lang ang reply mo sa post ko may dating ka eh! To Ms. Leah sorry about my posting kung nakagulo ito sa blog mo by all means you can delete it.

Leila L said...

I just deleted my posting oh masaya ka na? ok sana manahimik ng bunganga mo feeling ko ang WAR FREAK mo. May sintido kumon ako kaya di na kita papatatulan promise last na ito kasi ikaw ang walang kwentang tao noh

sugar dizon said...

Hey cool ka lang lumalabas tuloy kung ano ang laman ng yutak mo. at bungangera ka rin pala ano? lol. ang pangalan pala ni Manang ay LEA hindi LEAH, oki po?

Leila L said...

mas bungangera ka palaaway ka pa! ikaw lang nmn nag react sa post ko wala naman iba eh parang napaka big deal ng ginawa kong posting dito...lol nagpapapapel ka yata kay Ms. Lea Salonga baka sakaling ma add ka nya as her buddy dito sa multiply nya. whahahaahaha (sipsip)

Leila L said...

tpos sasabihin mong cool lang ako eh ikaw itong HYPER. Ganun ba di basta- basta nagre- react si Manang ?
aahh Kaya ikaw nlang ang nag react? ah ok po!
na delete na ung post ko na pinag initan mo? oh happy ka na po?
Pati H sa Ms Leah ko eh big deal pa rin sayo. whahahahahhaah ayoko na! sorry sa H ha so ok na po? Eh anu pang pinagpuputok ng butche mo po?
Ok I'm Gone na po!

Beer Gin said...

Hoy bunngangera quiet ka na pleez? bagong salta ka talaga dito since you have no idea who sugahmamma80 is? She's the Lea Salonga Police so mabuti pa i- delete mo na yang walang kwentang post mo at bka ihulog ka pa namin sa golden gate brige. lol

Hello? BIG DEAL po yan na mali ang spelling ng pangalan ni Manang. Better read her old posts before you open your mouth. lol

Leila L said...

oh sya sya sya wala na akong ma say...lol

Beer Gin said...

at lumabas din ang tunay na kulay mo. lol. ipinapangalandakan mo pa ang patay na kuko sa daliri mo. lol. just remember that the joke is on you. pathetic. :)

Leila L said...

lol..really balita ko iisang tao lang si sugahmmah80 at ikaw eh! hahahhahaha now who's pathetic??? if you are a loyal fan of Lea Salonga you won't messed her blog like this instead you should helped her moderate her site eh kaso kayo or ikaw dahil iisang tao nga lang daw kayo ni sugah mamma bitch ang nanggugulo sa site nya. Anung klaseng fans ba kayo? bigyan nyo nmn ng konting kahihiyan si Lea sa mga ginagawa nyo.
baka ikaw ang ihulog ko sa golden gate bridge ng matauhan kang baliw ka! lol
accdg to your multiply site eh taga van nuys, ca. ka. Are you really from van nuys ca? or baka taga squatter area ka lang sa may batasan hills nakatira. lol
sobrang bastos ng bunganga mo eh mukhang iisang tao nga lang kayo ng suggah mamma bitch mo.

Leila L said...

tigilan mo na yang kaka hik hik mo at baka mawala ang lasing mo pag nailoblob kita sa malamig na tubig sa lalim ng GGB...lol
bagay nga sayo ang username mo dahil sobra ang toxic ng bunganga mo. go get a life! mag gargle ka kaya ng clorox at baka sakaling umayos ang tabas ng dila mo. lol

Ma. Rowena M. said...

gintoxic & johnlolali,

This is not the right place for your verbal tussles. Please take your "war" elsewhere.

johnlolali,

A lot of kids and youngsters do visit Manang's site and seeing a "dirty finger" for a head shot especially from an adult like you is just--NOT GOOD . =) Kindly change your photo.

Leila L said...

my apology ok i will

Leila L said...

I just didn’t jump in to Ms. Lea Salonga’s blog just to present an arguments or wage war w/people claiming to be an avid fans, or police “daw” sila or a pioneer posters in her site (whatever you may call it)
I posted here w/ good intention in regards to what was originally the topic was all about but someone here in her site whom I first thought that this person was personally known by Ms. Lea Salonga and was posing to be somebody to a newcomer like me and making fuzz about their so called position daw in her fans club as Ms. Leah Salonga’s police or whatever kahit sheriff ka pa that won’t scare me at all.
I hold no special status or any special priviledges here like you and sugarmmammah but I don’t think that Ms. Lea Salonga gives you the right either to treat other posters here with your cantankerous attitude and stupidity whenever you like it. This doesn’t give you the rights to make fun or deride other posters and shoo them away in her site if you don’t like their posting.
And if you’re a true avid fan of Lea salonga you would protect her site & established a good camaraderie among fellow posters here bagong salta man o hindi but seems you just want to show off your talents that you have had mastered when it comes to treating other posters with contempt. I think your good at it!
You’re such a very unpleasant fan of Ms. Lea Salonga considering that you are not new to her site…what a total disgrace in this site.
I got 2 messages from poster’s in this site telling me na wag ka ng patulan
Because gin toxic & sugarmammah80 is just one sick person suffering from a multiple personality disorder online.
Now, who’s pathetic? Wag mong lokohin ang sarili mo but if that’s what makes you happy and fulfilled carry on & have fun despising people in this site.

Leila L said...

To Ms. Lea I'm deeply sorry for messing your blog. It was never my intention to create any dispute with other posters here. My apology.
I rest my case.

Beer Gin said...

well, you just mess up the site with another kilometric & nonsense post. plus putting a dirty finger for a head shot speaks volume about you. lol. hey, if you don't agree with my opinion of you then quit it. let it go. na- prick ko lang ang ego mo hani? and the people who pm'ed you were probably still smarting from being exposed butt naked here by yours truly & my dear ol' friend sugahmama. they can't accept the fact that we pricked their egos and shattered their illusions. me & sugahmama had made a pact over bottles of jose cuervo when she visited cali sveral months ago to take on every morons posting on this site. lmao.

wag kasing papapel sa mga bagay na wala namang kinalaman ki Ms. Lea dito para hindi masita ng iba. we can't tolerate low-lives pontificating here in the guise na lea fan daw. marami kasi dito mga kunwari close as in close daw kay ms. lea e mga kumag naman. at ikaw naman nakarating lang ng istet akala mo galing na mag ingles, bulol ka naman day. lol

and pleezz, write in a coherent manner. maawa ka naman sa mga nagbabasa para naman di na sila uminom ng bonamine. para kang lasheng magsulat. uminom ka na lang ng ginebra, mabuti pa. as for me, i'll stick to my tried and tested, bombay sapphire concoction. cheers! lmao.

Ambient Events said...

i got one also...

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