Budol-budol gang

I do not know what the word 'budol' means, but maybe it is related to the word 'buhol' or tangled in literal English. This also means confusion, which is the main purpose of the gang in order to get money.

One of their main modus operandi is through telephone. They will call the maids or servants telling that their master is in critical condition in a hospital. And then the gang member will inform the maid to bring some money or their credit cards and meet them at a certain place. The servant falls for this trickery as the gang members speak in authority, but descent, and cunning.

With the advent of the internet, now everything is high tech. Everyone can send money online, which further escalates the crime. If you ask where is the money on the early days, its in the bank. Now, it is in cyberspace.

One recent incident happened is that some criminal groups try to rent a car that is similar to the actual one driven by the master. Plate numbers, stickers, everything is copied! The hapless servant opens the garage door and after parking, criminals come out and steal all the belongings inside the home. Worse, they use the same car to come out. How can you report that to the police?

Be careful, be veryyyy careful especially these days.

Scams and Spams: High-tech crime but low tech gov't

The Philippine Government is still struggling on solving cyber-crime cases. Lot's people are swindled and scammed online. While the people who give money are also ones to blame, there must some way to minimize these crimes which go unnoticed.

Here are some of the basic scams used in the internet:
1. Send money and go - buyer sends money, then the seller closes all his/her accounts.

2. Consignment - One person will ask you if you can sell his or her items with some profit percentage. After some 2-3 transactions, some of your buyers will cry saying that they did not receive the items, or of they received it, they will complain that you sent a stolen product, hurting your reputation.

3. Non payment of debt - a long lost friend, family or previous classmate will message you in FB. After some time of chatting together, they will ask for a business investment, or ask for you some money as there is an emergency. After sending the money, they will disappear.

4. Online payment disputes - Some people put payment disuputes in Paypal, Payza, Moneybookers, etc.
Very bad as your account might get locked because of this.

5. When you buy something online, the buyer pays but the seller will deliver a fake item, a replica, or a a different item that is not on the original order. Some courier companies know about this, and sometimes the seller is in cahoots with the courier.


Check out the different modus operandi of all the scams from sulit.com.ph here:
http://www.sulit.com.ph/index.php/view+forum/id/42/Scams+and+Spams