Scammed: My Cousin Gave Her $400

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2 years ago
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“You can give your money for free if you already found out how to excrete gold.”

Money is one of the valuable things today. Almost everything in this world is connected to money. — basic necessities, to name a few. Without it, life won't be easy.

This is why as we grow up, we find ways to make a living. We became aware that this society is unfair to the poor— a bitter truth that's hard to ingest. Nobody wants to be treated poorly, so we work hard and do side hustles to lift ourselves from the suffering. 

Earning money, especially in developing countries, is not an easy thing to do. Despite having a permanent job, the wage seems not enough to meet all of the increasing prices of commodities. As a result, some of us are forced to find an alternative source of income. 

Knowing the struggles of surviving financially, what if one day you found out that your cousin just gave her hard-earned $400 (P20,000) to someone? What will you feel? 

Due to the pandemic, several companies got bankrupt and had to lay off their employees. This has resulted in mass unemployment. And in my opinion, some of these desperate individuals have only one option left and that is to scam other people. 

Just to clarify, I am not saying that the people behind scams are the same people who were unemployed during the pandemic. I mean, some of them just resorted to this field because they have no choice. There are still organizations bigger than them.

Scammers are people who do pretentious acts to manipulate their victims, usually to get something valuable. 

My cousin got scammed 

My mother informed me yesterday that my cousin intends to visit our home to get the money she borrowed. According to my cousin, this will be used as an additional fund to buy the iPhone Pro Max she saw on the Facebook marketplace. 

I already find it suspicious when I found out that it only cost around $400. Usually, the price of brand new Pro Max is around $1,345, and around $800 for second-hand units. But I still gave it a benefit of a doubt since we don’t know the actual reason why the person is selling her smartphone. 

Later in the afternoon, my cousin messaged my mother that she will not proceed with borrowing the money anymore. My mother wondered why, so she asked. Then after that, my cousin messaged our group chat telling us that she got scammed. 

Everyone was frustrated. For me, it's a normal reaction because $400 is a big amount already. Anyone who heard that you just gave this amount of money for free, will think that you’re out of your mind. 

“You can give your money for free if you already found out how to excrete gold.”, my cousin’s older sister said to her. 

“But you’re not and it takes time before you get that amount of money.”, she added. 

I told her to report the incident to the Bank so it can be traced and put the suspect’s account on hold. 

When it comes to crypto…

In the crypto world, scammers are also prevalent. For instance, a project will appear out of nowhere and the developers will hype it up. People will start to invest, throwing their money without thinking if this is legit or what. Then a few days after, the developers will drain the liquidity pool, leaving the investors seeing their token go to hell. This is what we call rug pull.

I’ve been rug pulled a few times. Shout out to PIX RPG here on Smart BCH and Plants VS. Undead on BSC Network — you deserve a slot on hell. 

Aside from that, I became a victim of a Ponzi scam. There was a website back then that every time you deposit BCH, the mining power will increase thus making you earn faster. That was so stupid that I believe in it. A few weeks after that, the website vanished out of thin air. Who remembers the BCHjolly.com? That’s what I am talking about hahaha.

Moving on…

I guess me and my cousin learned their lesson the hard way. We have no choice but to move forward and carry those experiences and perform better. Life is a trial and error setup, after all. These awful experiences will teach us valuable lessons. Lessons that we might use to be wiser. 

However, to help yourself avoid experiencing the same thing that happened to us, you should also learn from the experience of others. It will help you to save lots of time and resources.


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This remind me of losing $900 from Axie Infinity. I am wondering how scammers can sleep at night peacefully.

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2 years ago

imemention nga sana kita sa article kaso di pa ako nakakahingi ng permission hahaha. Fck those scammers!

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2 years ago

Ay no need na ng permission especially na-publish ko naman na siya before in public hahaha.

Inedit ko 'yung mura ko, nakonsensya ako bigla😂

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2 years ago

naks ang bait hahaha

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2 years ago

I suddenly remembered how my Tito Ninong got scammed last 2020, around October to November yata 'yun. He met a girl in Facebook daw, portraying as a rich foreigner who works as a soldier. Ayun, na-love scam for 35K. The bad thing is 'yung 9K ay niloan nila sa account ni Lola wherein co-maker si Mama. Tapos may isa pa na 3K na si Mama na naman finront nila~ ayun, akala mo na may amnesia. Kaloka! Si Mama nagigipit hanggang ngayon. Gusto kasi easy money eh~ 🤦🏻‍♀️

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2 years ago

hahaha pag easy money talaga madaling madala mga medyo mas may edad sa atin. Si papa naman na-scam din dati— yung mga simcards naman tapos nung pindala sa kanya mga fake pala

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2 years ago

To earn money it's easy in developed country. Who live life in under developing country its so tough for them to earn. To live life we have to work hard without getting less salary.

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2 years ago

Indeed

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2 years ago

Grabe yong $400 oy, juskooo 💔 I hope your cousin learns the lesson from that experience. Ang sakit non. 🥺

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2 years ago

Kaya nga po eh. Dami pa namang gastusin ngayon

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2 years ago

Didn't she find it suspicious nung nalaman niyang $400 lang? It was too cheap for an iPhone pro max considering na di pa naman masiyang matagal nung pag released nun. Hays, maybe we should also learn not to get swayed away lalo na kapag yung presyo medyo malayo sa reyalidad.

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2 years ago

First time nya palang kasi magkakaroon ng iphone kung sakali kaya siguro kinagat na nya. Tsaka Shinare ng isa nyang friend kaya akala nya legit

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2 years ago

Sabagay di rn naman natin siya masisisi lalo pa kung reward na niya yun sa sarili niya. Ingat na lang siya next time.

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2 years ago

Sabi ko nga sa kanya na ipacheck muna sakin next time para madouble check hahaha

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2 years ago

You are right, we all strive to earn money so that we can live a comfortable life, and this is difficult to achieve in our developing countries.

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2 years ago

Yep

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2 years ago

I make 85 dollars each hour for working an online job at home. dso I never thought I can do it but my best friend makes 10000 bucks every month working this job and she recommended me to learn more about it. The potential with this is endless...>>>>>> https://t.ly/oOWt

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2 years ago

Ouuuch. Ayaw ko ng mamahalin na brand ng phone haha okay na ako sa Samsung pero hulugan 🤣 HAHAH sana all nalang ako sa iphone. Sayang yung Php 20,000 jusko

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2 years ago

Totoo lang hahaha. Pwede kana di makabili ng isang cp sa 20k

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2 years ago

Ouch! Ang sakit nung nawala sa pinsan mo bro. $400 is a big money for me. Tas eto pang scammer na to, nawa'y mahatulan sya ng karma. Hays.

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2 years ago

Kaya nga maganda sana kung maireport sa bangko para mahold yung account at di na magamit

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2 years ago

Kaya ayoko bumili gadgets online, unless kakilala ko tlga..laking halaga na yan

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2 years ago

Opo ate laking halaga na talaga. Madalas din kaming bunimili sa mga physical store especially pag gadget

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2 years ago

ahh.. scammers they all come in different flavors and colors. kaya kailangang doble ingat lalo na sa mga online transactions.

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2 years ago

I agree. Lesson learned na talaga sa cousin ko

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2 years ago

Naalala ko yung pega ko haha. Bumili ako nung kabayo worth $189 haha tapos sising sisi ako ngayon. Though nasa akin pa rin ang kabayo at laging linalaro ng pinsan ko. Yung sa pvu nag jnvest ako sa token nila 500 pesos haha di naman ako nagsisi kasi yun lang naman ininvest ko worth it to lose na haha. Kaya ayun, natutunan ko na huwag na magtake ng risk pero worth it to lose naman yon. However, I can't say that di ako nanghihinayang😢

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2 years ago

Yung pega nung una nanghihinayang pa ako kasi binawi sakin ng manager ko pero yun nga bumaba din pala yug preso ng VIS. Hanggang ngayon nasakin pa VIS ko kaso worth it pa ba iconvert?

Malay mo tumaas ulit price nyan pag nag bull market na

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2 years ago

Kapag Kasi too good to be true red flag na talaga hayss

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User's avatar Yen
2 years ago

Mismo ate kaya lesson learned talaga

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2 years ago

$400 is no joke 😭 4-5 buwan na pag papagal ko na yan dito sa rc

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2 years ago

Truee lang kaya sobra din panghihinayang ko

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2 years ago