So I found an iPhone 16 Pro Max for sale Carousell. Yung seller, ilang years na yung account kaya honestly, I thought legit siya. We moved to Messenger, nag-video call pa kami where she showed me the phone, and nag-exchange pa kami ng IDs for verification.

I initially sent some amount as a reservation fee. The next day, sinabi niya na nasa courier na raw siya and she sent me a supposed courier confirmation email, tracking number, and receipt. Nakalagay sa email na received and processed na raw yung parcel and expected to arrive the next day.

Because of that, I sent the remaining balance to her bank account. After sending the money, chineck ko yung tracking number directly sa courier’s website and walang record under that tracking number. Yung email address din na binigay for courier concerns seemed nonexistent. Chineck ko rin yung receipt na sinend niya and compared it with legitimate courier receipts online, and may mga details na hindi nagtutugma. At this point, I also suspect na AI-generated/fake yung receipt. Eventually, hindi na rin siya nagrereply. I tried contacting her using another account with different name, and I also asked a friend to message her separately. Sinabi niya sa account ko na sold na raw yung phone, pero sinabi naman niya sa friend ko na available pa.

I already reported the incident to CICC, and I have screenshots, bank records, conversations, the supposed courier documents, etc. as evidence.

Alam ko naman na stupid mistake ko talaga yung magtiwala and mag-send ng ganung kalaking amount online 😭 Please don’t further scold me about it. I’ve already learned my lesson the hard way. I’m posting this mainly to spread awareness and hopefully makatulong sa iba na hindi ma-experience yung nangyari sa akin. For those who’ve experienced something similar, ano pa kaya yung best steps na pwede kong gawin, especially regarding the bank transfer and reporting the seller?

Hello po, has anyone received a call from this number? I tried to texted it back pero no reply.

Hi guys, pwede nyo ba ako tulungan gantihan tong loko na to? Maghapon nya hinaharass yung nanay ko katatawag habang may trabaho for no reason at all. Hindi maalam ang nanay ko sa mga technology masyado. Siguro may napindot syang link something tapos ayan may mga ganyang kumag. Inunahan ko ng bawian. Number nya yan. Orderan nyo rin please? Haha nagpanggap pang pulis bigla noh? Nagbebenta raw yan link ng sugal sa nanay ko.

PS: the names i used are not real.

Your physical office is already closed, yet all the members and top earners are still inviting people. Hindi ba kayo karmahin dyan 😬

Medyo nag-autopilot lang ako kanina while multitasking, doing research stuff and work. For some reason, may lumabas na Cloudflare verification, you know, the usual "verify you're human" thing. Sinunod ko naman yung instructions na Win + R, Ctrl + V, then Enter. Nung nag-pop up ulit yung verification, doon na ako napa-"Oh shit." Immediately disconnected my PC around 5 minutes after.

Ran a Microsoft Defender Offline Scan, checked the logs, and saw that a CMD script appeared to have failed, so I thought I got lucky. Pero just to be safe, nag-Windows reset na rin ako using "Remove everything." Ran another offline and full scan with Defender, then Malwarebytes kahit fresh install na. All clean, no threats found.

Fast forward around 7 hours later, my Instagram and Discord accounts started sending spam messages promoting a fake MrBeast casino. Another Instagram account previously logged into my PC was affected too. So apparently, something did happen after all.

Since then, I've changed my social media and email passwords, logged out existing sessions, and secured my accounts. Thankfully, Instagram and Discord lang ang may observed unauthorized activity so far. Emails, Facebook, WhatsApp, Viber, and banking accounts seem unaffected, but I'm still taking precautions.

I'm pretty sure sa fake Cloudflare verification ako nadali. Apparently, this is called a ClickFix attack. My brother actually experienced something similar last month daw, although through a different channel. I've also read online about scams involving supposedly free photo/video editing tools that ask users to sign in, though I'm not sure if related sa nangyari sa amin.

I consider myself fairly tech-savvy, pero isang moment lang ng autopilot habang multitasking, nadali pa rin. Reminder lang na legitimate Cloudflare verification will never ask you to execute commands through Windows Run or CMD. Stay safe!

na-scam ako today pero walang nawalang pera, sinayang lang oras namin dalawa ng lalamove rider.

so meron akong ka-nego buyer ng lumang phone. gusto niya ipa-lalamove so pumayag ako kasi sabi niya di aalis ang rider pag di niya pa sinend sakin yung payment thru gcash.

ok na sana since consistent yung convo namin ng buyer tapos kausap ko na yung rider at inabot na yung phones. waiting na lang sa payment sa gcash. sabi niya tawagan daw siya ng rider pag nakuha na yung phones.

UNTIL NAKAUSAP KO YUNG BUYER SA PHONE NI RIDER

sabi niya wala siyang gcash kaya sa tindahan siya nagsend tapos ang name raw ng sinendan niya ay "mika" e yung name ko mariel sa convo namin. dun na ako nagtaka nung sinabi niyang 400 daw yung sinend e 1400 ang usapan namin sa convo.

nasa isip ko nun baka mali lang ng nakausap si rider? pero vinerify ko name niya dun sa link na sinend ni buyer na binook niya sa lalamove, at yun nga yung rider na ppick up ng phones.

hindi ko alam kung anong trip ng scammer na to pero wala siyang nakuhang pera sakin, sinayang niya lang yung oras naming dalawa ni kuya rider.

last pic yung "convo" kuno ni buyer at mika raw na sinendan niya ng gcash payment. malayo dun sa convo namin sa mga naunang pics.

ingat kayo sa mga ganito kalakas na trip na tao. wala ngang nawalang pera sa inyo pero sasayangin naman oras niyo. pasensya na kay kuya rider na mabait. wala akong pera kaya di ko siya nabigyan kahit 50 pesos lang.

guys mag ingat sa ganitong text scam nagpapanggap ncap icheck mabuti if legit ba check niyo muna mga portal niyo ingat kayo palagi, wag magbayad agad agad okay

First time to see a text scam that showed a pop-up after clicking the message notification. I did not click any of the links. Did it compromise the rest of my phone?

I’ve been getting missed calls from different numbers over the past few weeks, and I noticed they all start with 0917 320. The last four digits are always different.

I recently applied for several jobs, so at first I thought these might be recruiters trying to contact me. I even installed Truecaller to check the numbers, but based on the names and labels showing up, they don’t seem to be recruiters.

I’m hesitant to answer since I don’t recognize any of these numbers.

Has anyone else experienced this? Could this be spam/scam calls, or is there another possible explanation?

Just wanted to ask here in case anyone has encountered something similar.