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I just want to share an email I received about a new modus operandi targeting families of OFWs in the Philippines. Pls read and pass on to your family and friends. Tell them to verify the authenticity of the story before engaging in any transaction with someone they do not know especially if it involves money.

GUYS, PAKI-FORWARD NAMAN PO!

My brother is just too shy to tell anyone
but this actually happened to him yesterday, 02 August 2008 .
My brother is working in Dubai as an
Architect and his wife and 3 sons are staying in Aparri, Cagayan Valley
where they are renting a house. Just in the morning, my brother is still in
constant communication with my sister-in-law through texting (SMS).
However, just a few hours later, after
lunch, somebody called my sister-in-law through their landline claiming that
he is Ambassador Yap and that something has happened to my brother. That he
was involved in an incident and that he had accidentally killed someone. The
Embassy had already done their part in helping my brother by keeping him in
a safe place. They are asking her help to right away transfer a certain
amount in a bank account so that they can immediately process his papers and
that my brother can immediately be sent home. My sister–in-law, who was
already at the verge of nervous breakdown, immediately produced P19,000 to
be sent to that bank account. She was warned not to tell my other brothers
and sisters so that there will be no leakage of what they are planning to do
(sending my brother back to Philippines via the back door). Only after
sending the money that my sister-in-law came into her senses, after which
she called my brother in Dubai . She found out too late that she was just
been conned by these professional swindlers. She tried to stop the transfer
of money but it was already withdrawn.
These people who were pretending to be the
Ambassador knew so many details about my sister-in-law. They knew her cell
no., the details about my brother working in Dubai , and also about my
brothers and sisters.
Let this be a warning to all OFW’s. These
people will give bad news of death, accident, possibility of imprisonment,
and other worst scenarios so as to easily swindle your loved ones. Please
warn them not to easily fall to these deceptions by doing the following
(please feel free to add anything that may help):
1. Remain calm. These people will try
to rush you so that you cannot think properly.
2. Ask them to call again so that you
can prepare the amount. Try to record the Account No., don’t memorize.
3. If you have been warned not to call
the OFW’s cellphone because it is in the possession of the police, at least
call his friends, and other relatives that may know about him.
4. Don’t act immediately (send money).
Even if you will consume another 10 minutes trying to figure out what to do.
5. Whatever you do, don’t meet with
them.
I really felt sorry for my brother and
sister-in-law. May this serve as a warning to all OFW’s so that swindlers
like these will not prosper.
Please forward to all fellow OFW’s.
Thank you.
Roi Ontiveros
Riyadh , Saudi Arabia
Cell no. 050-2379941
Oh, the world is so sad without God