Note: This post is an awareness campaign to all readers of this blog. Beware! There is a recycled SMS spam and website spam making rounds that in the Philippines patterned after Marie Velasco, Anna Marie Velasco, Marie Bacolod scams. New name of the girl in the SMS scam and website scam is Sam Mendoza so I will tag this as the Sam Mendoza SMS SCAM.
I got a comment… Read the rest of this entry »
I got another Spam SMS this week:
Call USA / Canada UNLIMITED for only $20 a year! Buy your MAGICJACK! endorsed by govt officials & 100% Legal. Call Anthony (02) 9xx-6823 or 0917xxx2257.
sender +639065700511
This is a first time I’ve heard of the product MAGICJACK, but searching for it in the internet, top search results point to a good Voice over IP (VoIP) device that looks very promising… Read the rest of this entry »
I call this the Insurance-Scholarship-Plus-Extra SMS Spam.
Greetings! This is Mr.Gilbert Palmon of COCOPLANS, Incorporated. We are proudly informing you that you are one of our lucky recipients who is entitled to claim the following:
1. Two-year DATAMEX SCHOLARSHIP Cert. with a FREE tuiti0n fee.
2. FREE INSURANCE.
3. Other REWARDS & PRIVILEGES.
U may claim these items as soon as possible in our Quez0n City business center… Read the rest of this entry »
I got another spam sms this month:
Greetings! This is Hector Gaylican of CO*CO*PLANS INC. We are proudly informing you that you are chosen as one of our lucky recipients who is entitled to claim a two year SCHOLARSHIP CERT. GRANT and PERSONAL INSURANCE CERT. Your security claiming code is (M*V*S-2*436-C*C*P) ABSOLUTELY FREE! you may claim your certificate on Jan. 06 to 07, 2010 in our Makati redemption… Read the rest of this entry »
I got another spam sms last week. I am labeling it as sms spam because they are unsolicited sms or text messages. Whats new with this sms spam? It is interesting to note that it is pharmacy related: meaning they are offering you some medicinal or food supplements.
Here is a sample of the sms message:
Control ur Appetite, Blood Sugar & Cholesterol- Detoxify & Lose Weight -F*****IFE!… Read the rest of this entry »
We got hold of a new SMS scam. Actually this is not new, but this sms message has been discussed in the comments of my previous Hon Load Mo Ako text scam post. I am just distressed that after the sad events brought by typhoons Ondoy and Pepeng, these scammers are back to their scheming activities too soon.
The sms that Raven and I got looks like this… Read the rest of this entry »
I got another unsolicited SMS message today. I initially thought it was from Marie Velasco 
but sadly it was not. It was an spam sms inviting me to try their bulk SMS sending software. Here is the message:
Bulk SMS Snding Sftwre fr Mobile Mrktng! Snd Thsands of SMS easily frm cmputer. Plitical cmpaign, Mrkting/Prmotion, Ntification, SMS Blast. Call/txt 09xx826yyzz
But they have not convinced me to… Read the rest of this entry »
We got another annoying Spam SMS making rounds this week. The message goes:
PGMA CHARITY FOUNDATION, informing you that ur CELL# had w0n 950,000,00 2ndprize last Aug13,09. DTI#01401 series of 2009 PLS call us NW,im,£eah lopez,
Sender’s Number:
+639265433382
Setting aside my political opinion (especially on the choice of foundation name ), here are some of my advise on unsolicited sms messages:
1. Any message telling you… Read the rest of this entry »
A follow up post on the Marie Velasco SMS Scam
Me, my friend (Fe Ann) and some readers of this blog are receiving some constant follow-up SMS messages from our scammer friend Anna Marie Velasco:
SMS#1
Gud evening po, c marie po to, ung humihingi ng tulong makapunta ng maynila.. Ma22lungan nio po b ako? Gagawin ko po ung kapalit na hhngin nio, para lang makapunta npo… Read the rest of this entry »
I got hold of another SMS scam. Got these consecutive SMS messages around 5am~6am this morning (thought it was really urgent).
SMS Part 1
Pued po b akong humingi ng 2long sa inyo? I’m marie, 21yo freshgrad po from Bacolod City. Ggawin ko po ang lahat ng kpalit na gusto nio, ma2lungan nyo lng po akong mkpunta sa mynila. My job hiring na po kc sna ako jan… Read the rest of this entry »
