I have quite a few friends who have also been scammed here in sulit.
Mas matindi pa nga yun isang friend ko sayo, because he sent 12k for the alleged DSLR.
My friend was too trusting, only too much so.
Actually, very trusting talaga sya, because even before we knew each other nag order din sya telescope sa akin na "pre-order" pa from the US. And he paid in full and in advance promptly. His telescope costs around 15k. And he had to wait 48 days till it arrived.
And I was surprised that he deposited the money without asking too much details.
Unfortunately, the same trait din ang nagpahamak sa kanya dun sa 12k na DSLR.
Here are some pointers not to be scammed here in sulit, particularly if no meetups or personal buying is possible:
1. Get more information from the seller as much as you can. Because if he is a true seller, he wouldn't hesitate giving out information. And even if he is masquerading under false pretenses, you would find out that if this info is true or not. Usually kasi ang scammer, they don't like to go into entertaining you that much - they rather prefered to drop you outright. Because the "element of time" is too important for them. The quicker they scam you, the better. Most of the time kasi, hindi lang iisa ini-scam nila kundi may mga kasabay. So, time is very important for them to scam you the best and fastest way.
DO NOT PAY VIA SMART MONEY PADALA NOR GLOBE GCASH. Because it does not require the person to present more valid identifications, all they need is the cellfone to claim the money.
I do not also recommend payment via LBC nor CEBUANA LHUILLER - although they require IDs, but IDs can be made. What seems to be more safe is payment via bank deposit - kung talaga gusto mo buy something through online lang or there is no possibilties na mag meet kayo nung buyer. Because pag bank kasi mahigpit sila sa pag open ng account. So kahit papano, sabihin mo scammer nga or na scam ka, may chance na maghabol or mag investigate.
Check the Seller's Sulit profile like how long has he/she been registered. How many feedbacks he/she already have.
But do not rely more on feedback because there are sellers here who are not after the feedback actually and yet they are registered and true seller. They are what you call occassional seller. Mostly, when they want to dispose things.
Check if the posted pictures were the actual pictures, indeed. (but of course, this doesn't help much). But if you look mostly on iPad and Iphone scammers - their pattern and strategies are nearly the same - USING STOCK PICTURES OF THE UNITS THEY ARE SELLING. And some even claim that they have relatives working for Apple.
If you intend to sell a gadget that is very expensive, being a seller, wouldn't you at least want to take pictures and upload them.
So, it doesn't make sense to me why a seller who sells ipad or iphones and all he/she has are just google images of the unit.
BUT MOST OF ALL,
you need to be careful.
Hope this helps.
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