Last friday, I got a call from somone named Dennis asking where my sis. I told him she's not around and if he have any message I will just take note of it. He told me he is a Prudential life employer in Makati and my sis won free tuition fee for a 2 year course in Datamex. All she have to do is claim it to their office somewhere (he even gave their number 7961757).
I know instantly that it is a scam... my instinct told me not to trust this person... Since i dont have anything to do i decided to play along.
Me: How my sister can claim the price.
Dennis: she only need to present 2 goverment id's and a credit card. You can even claim it for her.
Me: I said ok. But i dont have any id's of sister here...
Dennis: Just bring 2 id's and a credit card.
Me: I only have 1 id.
Dennis: That's ok as long as you have a credit card for verification.
Me: What if i dont have a credit card? Can i use 5 goverment id's instead of the credit card?
Dennis: No. The credit card is needed for the verification...
Me: You can use all of the 5 government ids to verify my identity.
Dennis: Blah, Blah Blah,
By this point i lose all interest to listen to his explanation so i just plainly told him that i will tell my sister about the price she won. I checked Google if there's any information available about Prudential life and Datamex promos or scam and i end up stumbling these infos...
"Good Day! You need to claim and activate ur 3 EXCLUSIVE REWARDS and PRIVILEGES from Prudential Group - MAKATI TODAY. This is very IMPORTANT and URGENT. For more details and for ur CLAIMING POLICY SECURITY CODE w/c will need upon claiming, pls call upon receipt of this message from 9:30am - 5:00pm #8173572 look Ms. Mhegan Lacdao Releasing Officer of Prudential Life. Thanks! Congratulations!"
Today, O received a text message from 09176167851 that says" FRM: PRUDENTIALIFE INC, Rada Branch- Makati. In line with our '29th Yr Anniversary',w're glad to inform you that you are entitled to receive Privileges from our company.You need to claim this ASAP.For more info please call at 8921731/4741191 look for Ms. Mary Anne Banico Many thanks. 'DISREGARD IF CLAIMED'"
Just to warn you, this kind of dubious offer from Prudential Life in Makati. Heck, after wasting your time going to Makati, they just ask you if you have a credit card and offer you insurance! So be warned!
I know instantly that it is a scam... my instinct told me not to trust this person... Since i dont have anything to do i decided to play along.
Me: How my sister can claim the price.
Dennis: she only need to present 2 goverment id's and a credit card. You can even claim it for her.
Me: I said ok. But i dont have any id's of sister here...
Dennis: Just bring 2 id's and a credit card.
Me: I only have 1 id.
Dennis: That's ok as long as you have a credit card for verification.
Me: What if i dont have a credit card? Can i use 5 goverment id's instead of the credit card?
Dennis: No. The credit card is needed for the verification...
Me: You can use all of the 5 government ids to verify my identity.
Dennis: Blah, Blah Blah,
By this point i lose all interest to listen to his explanation so i just plainly told him that i will tell my sister about the price she won. I checked Google if there's any information available about Prudential life and Datamex promos or scam and i end up stumbling these infos...
"Good Day! You need to claim and activate ur 3 EXCLUSIVE REWARDS and PRIVILEGES from Prudential Group - MAKATI TODAY. This is very IMPORTANT and URGENT. For more details and for ur CLAIMING POLICY SECURITY CODE w/c will need upon claiming, pls call upon receipt of this message from 9:30am - 5:00pm #8173572 look Ms. Mhegan Lacdao Releasing Officer of Prudential Life. Thanks! Congratulations!"
Today, O received a text message from 09176167851 that says" FRM: PRUDENTIALIFE INC, Rada Branch- Makati. In line with our '29th Yr Anniversary',w're glad to inform you that you are entitled to receive Privileges from our company.You need to claim this ASAP.For more info please call at 8921731/4741191 look for Ms. Mary Anne Banico Many thanks. 'DISREGARD IF CLAIMED'"
Just to warn you, this kind of dubious offer from Prudential Life in Makati. Heck, after wasting your time going to Makati, they just ask you if you have a credit card and offer you insurance! So be warned!
27 comments:
HAHA!! I got the same call today...sayin' the same thing.
totoo po un, nakuha ko po ung datamex scholarship i went there yesterday. Tapos may iaalok sila sau na insurance plan it's your option to avail, ako nde ako nag avail, and yet nakuha ko pa rin ung scholarship saka ung 20k na accidental insurance plan. Nde po xa scam.
I dont know if what you are saying is true kenshin21... But i believe that it's a scam... anyway... I'll just leave it to the readers to decide whether it is true or not...
All but a scam.. the way they manipulate you is just plain stupid! Getting their way thru the sweet talks.. assholes! These kind of people sucks!
bakit iniinsist nila ung credit card? gumagawa kaya sila ng fake copy? or may charge na lang bigla sa card mo?
they need the credit card for you to bu plans from them but its not compulsory to buy... im studying cause of this gifts
scam yan....eto ako ganyan din...kumuha ako ng plan sa kanila. magaling magsalita yung guy na nakausap ko...may binigay din na datamex scholarship and informatics..credit card yung ginamit ko n pambayad...ang sabi sa akin nung Paolo Encarnacion, installlment daw ang bayad sa credit card...pero anung nangyari, dumating yung BDO billing statement ko and surprisingly s@#t, and babayaran ko is yung for the whole year..hindi installment...tapos eto 2 days na ko pumunta dun sa RCI sa Rada St., di ko mahagilap yung tao n to...halatang nagtatago, kesyo malapit na daw dumating, or natraffic....kaya eto balak kong mag file nag-case against that guy....kaya kayo ingat din...ha....
Good luck with the case... Misleading minsan ung info na binibigay nila kaya mahirap magtiwa sa mga ganyan...
I just got a tx from COCOPLANS so I asked how I got the scholarship. He asked me to call for more details. After reading this blog, I think that this is a scam and a WASTE OF TIME. Glad I search first and found this blog. Thank u guys!
"THERE'S NO SUCH FREE LUNCH"
I myself is also a victim. I received a text message from Cocoplans Inc. telling me that I am one of their lucky recipients to claim for a two (2) yr. Datamex Scholarship Certificate with free tuition fee, plus a Personal Accident Insurance Certificate worth 20K. Upon receiving the notice I was hesitant to confirm, so what I did was to ask my friends about it & they told me to call the landline no. given to validate the information. So I called & I was able to speak to the person named on the text message. The notice was true it was free and the person I spoke to told me not to bring any money just 3 IDs (1 company ID, 1 Gov’t ID & 1 secondary ID). So you will think that you will be bringing these IDs just to claim those mentioned above, but to my dismay the secondary ID mentioned here have other purpose. The secondary ID referred to here is your credit card, the one that will be used to charge you to the product/insurance they are selling. Yes, it’s true that you will not need money or cash for the certificates but they will let you use your credit card for their product/insurance. I was really disappointed because aside from that, the person I spoke to who discussed there product also told me that If I can’t pay in full I can pay in installments with zero interest but this did not happen. Actually, if you don’t have a credit card of your own they have also ready applications for you to fill out and they will file the application for you. I was really misled by their information and I can no longer take back what was charge to me or to my credit card. I don’t know if you call this a scam perhaps it is because from the beginning they are not informing there prospective clients about their true intention – intention to sell there product. So beware, if you happen to receive a text message such as this think twice and don’t be the next victim.
Me mga text messages nga na ganito kasi ako din mismo naging biktima na. Nakatanggap din ako ng text galing Cocoplans Inc. nagsasabing meron akong Datamex Scholarship Certificate at Personal Accident Insurance na nagkakahalaga ng 20 thousand. Totoong binibigay nila itong insurance na to pero ang kondisyon every year mo syang ipapaupdate sa opisina nila mismo sa Makati bawal ang representative kahit me authorization ka pa daw. Valid up to 65 years old so just imagine going to their office every year kasi kailangan mo ipaupdate iyong insurance na ibibigay nila sayo at pag hindi ka daw nakapaupdate it will no longer be valid.
I am a victim of a text message like those previously mentioned. This is also from Cocoplans Inc., nasabi kong naloko ako kasi iyong figures na binibigay upon discussion of their product is different from the amount pag nacharge na sa credit card mo. Upon discussion the agent will not discuss about processing fee you will just learn later on pag naiswipe
na nila card mo at nakapirma ka na ng confirmation. Sakin naman me magagawa pa ba ako eh naiswipe na nila card ko. Ang sinasabi pa nila tignan na muna kung aaprobahan ng banko eto pala yong term nila pag naiswipe meaning tinanggap, pasok sa credit limit mo. Isa pa, yung agent din sasabihin sayo na in case you don’t like to continue na daw you can get your money back iyon pala you still need to wait for a certain period at take note you will not get the value of your money as it is na kasi nga me pre termination value pero these things will not be mentioned to you during your discussion with their agent. Lahat lang ng magaganda at makakaenganyo ang sasabihin sayo at sa huli mo lang malalaman na ganon pala yon eh hindi ka na pwede umatras kasi pirmado mo na dokumento nila.
I received few days ago a text message which goes like this.
"Greetings!This is Ms. Beverlyn Carable of Cocoplans Inc. We are proudly informing you that you are one of our lucky recipients who is entitled to claim a to year DATAMEX SCHOLARSHIP CERTIFICATE with a free tuition fee, plus a PERSONAL ACCIDENT INSURANCE CERTIFICATE. Your security claiming code is xxxx. You may claim your certificate in our Makati Business Center. For more information you may call us at 856-3866/856-3871/856-3861. Thank you. GOD BLESS!" then they will again send a text message such as...
"This is only to confirm your appointment to claim your free certificates from our company today between 10am to 3pm. We are located at 18th flr. Rufino Plaza, cor Rufino St., Ayala Ave. Makati City. Kindly bring your 3 IDs, company ID, gov't ID, secondary bank ID that undergone CI process and the security code. Look for Ms Beverlyn Carable for proper assistance, thanks.
Just a warning, if you receive messages like this in your mobile phones think twice or more before grabbing it because you might regret it later when it is already too late to back out.
matagal na ba tong blog na ito?? maybe it's too late for me to comment... oh anymways, i also received a txt from cocoplans. mmmm... medyo nkakaenganyong basahin ang massge nla.. hehe... medyo lng.. but of course, at the first place alam ko ng scam un.. =D ang nkakapagtaka lng kc is kung pano nila nkuha no. ko.. naicp ko n baka nanghula cla?! haha... are they so desperate?! hehehe.. la lng... ngsearch ako ng site nila... infareness my site nga cla :D.. haha.. funny... then i saw this blog.. :P... la lng ulit.. just dropped by.. adik cla.. hehe.. ang kulit ng pagscascam nila, not too realistic.. dapat niligawan muna nila mga tao bago ung pghingi ng credit card or not str8 to the point ung pghingi nla ng card.. hehe... aun lng... umepal lng.. :P bye guys!!! :D.. never be fooled :P god bless.. :P
the datamex scholarship certifictae and personal accident insurance is all true. I got mine from cocoplans. totoo naman talaga na ibibigay nila yung freebies, the only problem is before you claim it, nag o offer sila ng insurance for you to avail, medyo matagal din yung orientation but they release to me the certificate and the accident plan.
i also got a text message from cocoplans, its a last notification informing that i am one of the lucky recipients of persona insurance and scholarship... i asked the guy why he knew my number, he said its by an electronic raffle, yes, he asked to bring ID's i told him i dont have any,and i told him also that i am not the real owner of this cp so the guy said thank you... and he told me that he will make a report that the recipient about it...Is this a scam or their strategy to get a clients....
MAY NAGTEXT> just like other scams. its COCOPLANS. Aicel Alvarez! wat if we stood up and have an entrapment operation. that would be a classic.
dey are a scam...that just thrie markerting strategies
i think its not a scam, i just got there today... the credit card was needed para hindi kana nila i-CI. (investigation to know kung may mga kababalaghan kang nagawa) since wala silang manpower for CI checking... they need the IDs for verification. They will try to convince you for a credit card, but its your choice.. no money involved. They wont try to expose their office if its a scam. i got the scholarship and the 25k accidental insurance instantly. i was just after the scholarship to help my cousins learn college.
I-CI? I highly doubt so...
Why? I asked the guy that i can provide all the ID's that he needed aside from the credit card that he was asking for but he insisted that they only accept credit card for identification.
maybe we should report this to the authorities? anyway they gave phone numbers, so the owners of those phone numbers may be involved in this scam. how about we outwit them than they outwit us? this should stop before they victimize desperate people.
atm...it's true, they will give you the scholarship plus the accidental insurance after they offered their product. So it's up to you kung kukuha ka na plan nila. Ako hindi ko kinuha, i just get the scholarship and the accidental insurance.
me too,i just got a text from them,i checked first if it is true or not and now it is clearly proven that its a scam..huhuhu,scholarship nga eh so its free so why ask money to those people like credit card or whatever,beware guys..they all need your money after they get what they want they just disappear like a smoke..oo ngae..cge guys to all the victims entrapment operations pwude..to all people who texted us about scholarship na hindi naman totoo,ingat kayo baka isang araw hindi nyo na ma open mata nyo..hate this kind of people..they are all crooks
@kenshin 21
Now lang ako nakarinig ng story na hindi scam ang datamex. How did you get the scholarship kung hindi na-swipe ang credit card or atm mo? Hindi sila pumapayag ng walang bayad e.
yeppee i got two datamex scholarship today.
Hard selling tlga sila lahat gagawin para mabentahan ka lang, biruin mu kahit daw piso araw araw pwede na, grabeh.......
dun sa mga nakareceive sms try nyu rin pumunta, kunin nyu lang yung free, at wag na wag kayong papayag na kunin yung credit card at i-swipe...
higit sa lahat lakasan nyu loob at wag padadala, isipin mu na niloloko ka lang at pag-abot ng scholarship certificate...sibat na agad, hehe
gud luck!
Grabe, reading the comments here make me wonder that people talaga wants free things kaya they would grab things like this esp when they see the word FREE. Of course, it's not. It's a marketing strategy. If you are not aware then you'll be encouraged to avail their product. There are diff kind of scholarships, full or partial or with allowance, free books etc. The scholarship which is partial (meaning 50% off in tuition fee) and personal accident insurance are true. Just say you only want the scholarship for datamex and you already have your own insurance. Ang tatapang nyo dito pero tameme naman pala kau dun. Assert you rights para di kau nagsisisi sa huli.
Wag po tayo basta manghusga..ako, nakuha ko ung free scholarship voucher WITHOUT ANY FEE TO PAY...they just offer you free insurance provided that you will apply for a trust fund with them..but it's your option to apply or not..ako, di ako kumuha pero binigay pa rin nila NG WALANG KAHIT NA ANONG NILABAS NA PERA..They just do it kasi daw imbes na ibayad nila sa TV ads, ganun na lang ginawa nilang strategy para makatulong din sa iba..:) ang scam siguro ay kung walang kakayanan ang kumpanya na ibalik ang pera mo..isa pa, may license sila from Philippine Insurance Commission, kakarenew lang po..by the way Philippine Prudential naman po ang nag-alok sa kin..
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