Yet Another Text Scam

This time it was my son's yaya who won big, P450,000! She received a text from someone who identified himself as Atty. D.A. Cruz of the Vice President's Charity Fund.

 

She was so excited she even stored the number on her phone.

Poor girl. We had to tell her that it was a scam.

Text Bomb, Text Bomb

Text scams have turned even nastier. Not only do these attempt to con people into forking out money but now they are even used for political ends, to tarnish the names and reputations of politicians.

I got the following this morning from +639268225950:

Congrat's ur sim # had won 2nd prize winner worth of [Php 750,000] via electronic raffle last Oct/17/09! to claim ur prize call me now! Im: Atty. Mark D. Mendez Per dti#3302 s'09! ito po ay pamaskong handog ng AQUINO FAMILY!

Hmm, maybe I should text this to KRIS and send to 2366.