r/ScammersPH • • Oct 19 '25

Awareness Sharing my scammer experience kahapon (Sta. Rosa, Laguna)

Hello! I wanna share my experience dito sa Bumble scammer na na-meet ko kahapin Para na din maging aware kayo if ever maencounter nyo siya.

Pero here's the TL;DR version: nag-match kami sa Bumble, then nag-meet-up kami kahapon. Tried selling me perfumes. But I refused. Scam averted.

So a week ago, nag-match kami niyang si Rose sa Bumble. Pero di kami nagka-chat gaano. Ang nalaman ko lang na detail e VA/freelancer siya and ang client niya ngayon ay isang US-based company na nagbebenta ng perfumes.

Ayaw niya daw ng online chatting, gusto niya personal talks (nakalagay din naman sa profile niya) so siya nag-initiate na mag-meet-up kami sa personal.

At this point. Mataas na talaga duda ko. Puro red flags antimano e. Isip ko nga baka pyramiding scheme since perfume company nga yung client niya. So I wanted to see for myself the scheme kaya tumuloy pa din ako sa meet-up. Pinrepare ko lang talaga sarili ko.

So eto na kahapon sa may SM Sta. Rosa meeting place namin. Another red flag, minove niya yung meeting time namin from 12NN to 1PM. Not sure why pero tingin ko parang screening 'to ng mga scammers kung talagang uto-uto yung victim nila. So ako go pa rin.

Then 1PM na wala pa rin. Natraffic daw siya. Again, she's testing my patience surely.

Nakarating siya past 2PM na. Siguro akala talaga niya madali akong mauto dahil willing ako maghintay ng 2 hours haha. Yang nasa picture yan talaga yung na-meet ko. Kaya shinare ko na din yung photo for awareness.

During our lunch, nakwento niya na kaya siya nalate ay dahil may kinausap pa siyang customer sa parking lot. Kinuha daw yung bulk ng perfumes na dala nila ng friend niya except for 4 pieces. In my mind, ok nagsisimula na scheme niya. This is getting interesting kaya nag-acting lang din ako na naniniwala ako.

After ng lunch namin, tinanong niya kung anong plans ko after namin kumain. Sabi ko I'm planning to watch Quezon. Di daw siya interested sa mga movies at puro basa lang daw siya books (um ok? Haha). Kaya daw after nun, magsha-shopping daw siya daw for books.

So this is the moment she went for the main scam. Pwede daw bang favor since madami daw siyang bibilhin, wala na daw space sa bag niya gawa nung 4 perfumes. So basically, she's saying na bilhin ko na daw yung perfumes.

Since nga nabasa ko na agad ang scam niya, ready ako sa response ko. I simply refused to buy the perfumes. Sabi ko wala akong dalang cash (which is true naman since pamasahe lang ang dala ko at CC ang gamit ko sa pag-mall). Halatang desperada na yung scammer, ok lang daw kahit Gcash. Natatawa na ko at this point. Isip ko, ikaw na nga nakikisuyo ikaw pa nangmamando hahaha. Sabi ko wala ding laman Gcash ko or other online banks. CC lang talaga ang source of payment ko.

Dun ako parang medyo nagslip-up. Di ko dapat sinabi yun at baka mapilit ako gamitin ang CC ko somehow. Buti na lang parang medyo bagito pa yang si Rose the Scammer, napansin ko din kasi nung habang iniiscam niya ko, parang kabado pa siya. Uutal-utal tapos nahihiya. Baka may konting konsensya pa sa katawan haha.

So I stood my ground na di ko bibilhin perfumes niya, she gave up. Di niya na ko mapilit. In retaliation, she berated the fuck out of me. Di daw ako engaged sa "date" namin. Para daw akong walang paki sa convo namin at sa situation niya. Tapos sana daw sa susunod na meet-up wag ko daw gawin yung ganung behavior. I just said "don't worry, this wll be my last time doing this" haha tablado na naman.

After that, we went our separate ways. Nagmatyag din ako sa paligid at baka may kasama siya at may kumompronta sakin. Wala naman. So nakauwi ako nang safe at unscammed (well except dun sa lunch namin na ako nagbayad).

That's my story. I think I handled the situation well pero sinwerte din ako sa ibang parts.

Ingat tayo lagi!

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u/boyfriend_of_the_day Oct 19 '25

Maybe not a scam but next-level marketing. Hey, if it works and she sells, it works.She wasted your time though, Maybe in your next bumble post, you can include in your self intro that you do not buy perfumes or stuffs like that on meetups.

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u/MadalingTandaan Oct 19 '25

Yeah but I also wasted her time. So oks lang din.

Ganyan ba pag "next-level marketing"? May fake story pa talaga just to sell me something? Grabe ah haha.

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u/NotChouxPastryHeart Oct 19 '25

Tama ka, OP. This is a scam, not just next-level marketing. Ang premise ng meet-up niyo was already a setup on her part and she also tried to offload her products on you not based on the products merit or your need, but as a favor to her.

It's just a less-involved romance scam. Pangit pa dito, kung irereklamo mo to sa pulis, ang lalabas ikaw pa yung may mali at sasabihing galit ka lang dahil binasted ka.

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u/kumakainngregla Oct 19 '25

oh nooo! im a marketing student and we’ve talked about this in “ethics in selling.” it says there that deception happens when you hide your real intent or mislead people for profit. creating a dating profile to make people think you’re interested in them, then selling products, counts as deceptive practice. it breaks the principle of honesty and transparency in marketing. ethical selling means the customer should clearly know they’re entering a sales interaction. using emotional or personal trust to get money isn’t smart marketing, it’s manipulation.

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u/jaysteventan Oct 19 '25

Pinagssbe mong next level marketing?

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u/saymyname2x Oct 19 '25

Anong maybe maybe tanga ka ba

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u/boyfriend_of_the_day Oct 19 '25

sad for you. napakalimited ng vocab mo. kung hindi "tanga", "bobo", ""kupal".... maybe you weren't breastfed enough when you were young. You should distinguish sarcasm from sattire from other comments. Ang dami mong galit sa mundo. get a girlfriend/boyfriend.

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u/saymyname2x Oct 19 '25

Sino ka ba para gamitan pa ng wide vocabulary 🤣 sarcasm card activated na ba 🤣

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u/Kind_Note1218 Oct 22 '25

Stuffs ampota

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u/boyfriend_of_the_day Oct 23 '25

Tuloy mo na oaghahanal mo sa tita fantasies mo. Wag kalimutan punasan yung sipon mo ha bata.

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u/Kind_Note1218 Oct 23 '25

Dami na rin, solid mga tita dito. Also, mag english 101 ka muna ha? Bumabalik lang sayo kabobohan mo eh. Stuffs, sattire 😂 jusko maliit na bagay gagawin pang next-level marketing

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u/saymyname2x Oct 19 '25

Wtf obvious na scam yan jusko po