This morning, I brought my family to Megamall for our weekly bonding/malling. Fortunately, Brazil Jui-Juitsu Phil. Championship was on-going during that time. I told my wife and kids na they can leave me there at 3rd floor (Bldg A) and come back when they are finished buying their things.
To make this short, while watching the on-going Jui-Juitsu rounds I was asked by a tall brown guy if I am a Thailander (I am a chinese tisoy), when I said no, he told me he is a Thailander and began speaking in broken but clear English. When I entertained him he touched the guy at his back and introduced him to me as a Doctor. The doctor started talking to me in good english and explained to me that he is a businessman and trying to put up another branch here in the Phils. I told me him that he was talking to wrong person because I have no knowledge in business (maybe akala nya dahil chinese looking ako ay businessman din ako). But he insisted and tried to explain to me that he is looking for partner here in Phils. Then I answered that since they are not Filipinos then they need to undergo several procedures before they can put up a business here in Phils. and at that time my youngest kid approached me and the 2 guys just simply backed-out and the "doctor" immediately went to the cinema area and the "brown" guy followed him.
When we reached home my eldest son told me he took our pics using his new mobile. I saw my wife and the other 2 kids at the other side of 3rd floor railing. My wife thought that the brown guy was one of the real estate sales person in the Mall; he was even carrying a bulky folder.
MY RESERVATIONS REGARDING THESE 2 GUYS:
I used to work in Abu Dhabi for several years and worked with thailanders in offshore. I greeted the "brown" guy with thailander greetings and he didn't answered back. Why?
The "brown" guy speaks clear but broken English, anybody can do that but to imitate a Thailander accent is difficult (if you're not a Thailander) and believe me you need to listen carefully to any Thailander before you can understand their English because their accent is somewhat the same with Ilocano accent (no offence to Ilocano; my father is an Ilocano).
The "brown" guy didn't introduce himself.
He introduced the other guy as Doctor ___.
Both of them didn't bothered to show any identification papers.
Why fishing for a business partner in a Mall, with person watching a Jui-juitsu championships?
When my youngest son arrived; both of them immediately backed-out and didn't even say any farewell business salutations such as "pleasure to meet you", etc..
IT'S UP TO YOU GUYS. I AM JUST SHARING MY EXPERIENCE HERE. I DON'T WANT TO JUDGE THESE 2 BUT EVERYBODY HAS THE RIGHT TO HIS OWN OPINION.
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March 9th, 2009 12:37 AM #1Last edited by welscua; March 9th, 2009 at 12:47 AM.
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March 9th, 2009 12:54 AM #2tandaan mo nalang ang itsura...buti nga may pics,e... baka nakita nila ung pag pikture kaya umalis..
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March 9th, 2009 01:02 AM #3Sounds like a variation of the good-old Nigerian email scam.
Good thing your internal scam sense was alerting you.
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March 9th, 2009 01:11 AM #4anyways...ganda ng cam phone a! sa pic palang makikitya na shot from the parallel side..ung kabilang side ng "butas" sa gitna...
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March 9th, 2009 01:12 AM #5The way you described them, they're probably con men. Their reaction when your family members started arriving is very suspicious. Apparently, they expected you to be alone... easier to invite to a "friendly" chat over at a coffee house or something more sinister as to invite you to visit their "place of business"... where they'll rob you to your underwear.
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March 9th, 2009 08:44 AM #8
IMO, scum-filled scam....
Buti, walang attempt to hypnotize.....
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March 9th, 2009 09:18 AM #9Luckily my son was toying with his grad. gift na cam-phone kaya nakunan kami. Akala siguro ng 2 na since I am chinese looking ay I am filthy rich, hehehe.... di nila alam more than 3 years pa ang balance ko sa GL ko.
Actually, may isa pang shot pero I think 1 pic is more than enough.....
Nakakainis lang ay ang ganda ng laban ng jui-juitsu ng time na yun, between I think a foreigner and a local guy and in heavyweight category yata. Di ko nakita kung sino nanalo.
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March 9th, 2009 11:31 AM #11dami ganyan ngayon
just the other day an guy approached me outside our office
he has a shipment daw from hongkong na nahuli ng pulis
he is asking me for P2,000 kasi wala daw sya pera pang lagay sa pulis
isasangla daw nya sa akin ang isang gold pendant
hahaha
i just told him i have no money and he left
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March 9th, 2009 12:53 PM #12meron din dito sa amin few months back...
i happened to eavesdrop in a conversation
binibenta niya Rolex Rolexan niya kasi nasira daw ang truck nila...one guy, whom i believe his cohort parang bilib na bilib sa quality ng rolex rolex, parang pinagpilitan nila sa isang lalaki...good thing di binili nung lalaki kasi kahit baligtarin daw siya, wala siya ni kusing...umalis din yung dalawa...sabay! kung di ba naman sila bobo na gago pa...
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March 9th, 2009 02:27 PM #13Ako naman last year sa may McDonald's Greenbelt (katapat ng AIM) may babae at may kasamang bata (I assume anak nya) nanghihingi ng pera maskin P500 lang daw para makauwi sila sa probinsya. Una Tagalog, I ignored her and just continued to walk... Tapos aba biglang nag English (but with pinoy accent), kala siguro Japanese ako (pero Tsinoy ako)... Wala sabi ko la akong pera pero bitbit naman na grocery (nag grocery ako sa Rustan's na katapat bili ng mga toiletries)
And as for the thread starter. I say its a scam. You don't go to a mall and Megamall at that (no offense to Megamall goers) to pick a business partner or an investor...Last edited by tidus1203; March 9th, 2009 at 02:30 PM.
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March 10th, 2009 06:33 AM #14ako naman dati nilapitan inforeran din mag-invest daw sa foodcart, tapos naging chinese cellphone na i-import daw dito. sabi ko patingin ng cellphone, binuting-ting ko ng husto yun cellphone tapos andami kung tanung sa kanya
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March 10th, 2009 12:48 PM #15thai's greet back when greeted. and yes,they have this very peculiar way of speaking english.
pakita sa TV station ito
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March 11th, 2009 04:21 PM #16I remember, months back ay naka-receive din ako ng email from I think Nigerian, may kasama pang pic nya and and maganda yung mga pose nya sa pics. Daughter daw sya ng isang businessman and pinatay yung father nya tapos yung inheritance nya di raw nya makuha, nagpapatulong sa akin. Inaalagaan daw sya ng isang Reverend and ibinigay pa sa akin yung telephone number ni Reverend. May mga pa-love-love pa yung email nya.
hehehe........naalala ko yung sa TV Patrol na ganong scam kaya reply ko sa kanya na kay Reverend na lang sya humingi ng tulong then i-promise nya yung 10% ay ibibigay nya as gift. Di na nag-reply.
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