How do text scammer got my celphone number? Who is the potential target?

How do text scammer got my celphone number?

Where getting to the nerve of ths text scammer world. They will be very furious to this trade secret that I'm about to share to you. This is the reality of life, some bad and some good other maybe neutral or do not bother.

I'm taking the side of the good, the light and the just toward other people.

How do they get my celphone number?
The text scammer is using the text blasting like spam mail in our email.
The difference is they have learn the celphone number grouping based on target area they want to scam. You will know that one celphone number format is designated in one area use. This give them idea who they will send the text scam message.
This is the bad things about our prepaid sim. The retailer sell the sim card in a sequence number. As provided by telecom. Once they establish the celphone number designated area or abroad for OFW roaming sim. They start to build-up the database. It's like telephone directory given by telephone company in specific subscriber city or town. This how they build-up the series or sequence of celphone number to be scam.
The other way is to get celphone number is from textmate ads in local tabloid / Filipino community newspaper abroad. Or in the internet via Filipino forum, chatroom, textmate ads and other posting in the website that have celphone number, buy & sell ads and others. They have a researcher and information gatherer to get all the celphone to be scam. It's a full-time job, they got quota of celphone number to be gather a day.
Most price of all celphone number researcher & gatherer is the OFW textmate ads. Those looking for textmate is lonely or homesick working abroad with roaming sim. Easy target by text scam. They mostly have profile to use to hypnotize the victim.
Remember: Do not put your complete profile if your looking for textmate. Or just avoid using newspaper or internet for your textmate ads. Keep you away from text scam or being scam.
Just a friendly tips.

Recent development is the big income they generate from text scam. They now employed spotter abroad who frequently hang-out in Filipino tambayan or place frequented by OFW abroad. They befriend OFW, get the profile and the celphone number. They mostly target is the domestic helper or caretaker who is left alone by employer at home. Most potential target to be scam. They inform the text scammer operator the gather information and get paid for every successful text scam target or victimize.


Who is (can be 'are') the potential target?

Anyone who will get curious to response to text scam message or call the text scammer celphone number. Is the potential victim to be hypnotize by text scammer.
Reminder: Never attempt to textback or reply to the text scam message. Never try to call.
Delete immediately the message to avoid temptation to reply or call the text scammer.
If you receive the lots of text scam or missed call. Better change sim card. Or just turn-off your celphone for an hour or a day. Depending on your observation. Use common sense in your decision or response to this text scamming incident. If you can report to authority or your family member, friend or relative to help you. Is advisable to do. Read my previous post to learn what to do.


Do you remember all the request load of callcard the text scammer get from the victims.
This are the load they use to text scam many thousand of people a day. They been using sms modem to text blast everybody.
Each text scammer celphone number are sending a thousand text a day using sms modem. If we have 10 text scammer sending text scam message, it's 10 thousand text message a day. In 100 day they text 1 million text message to 1 million celphone number. If they can victimize 1 person in a thousand text message is a good for them. This is just a bird eye view only. Estimated text scam group now have increase in number. They been sophisticated operation now. It's like BPO or callcenter in operation now. They now have researcher, texter, telemarketing agent serve as suppose important person to talk to by victim to claim the prize or the winning, spell chantter, owner / operator / trainor, personnel to claim the remittance from bank or remittance center, forger of important document and I.D. to be use by the group.
It's a big scamming business now, from humble beginning they expanded the operation across the Philippines. To keep up with the growing number of potential victim.


How they do it?

Once they receive your reply, they have designated telemarketing agent to handle to scam you. They will do the step by step scamming procedure. Once you call they already on the way to hypnotize you. Hope to stop the entire procedure how they do it. Maybe some copycat will do the scamming. Until here. Stay safe and happy. Not all the promise prize, winning or gift to you by anonymous text message is really for free. There is no free lunch now-a-day.
Once you avail or enter the text scammer game, you will always end-up losing money.
Never entertain this text scam message, even heaven and earth is the prize to win.
All the riches, glitter or fame accumulate without hardwork, common sense or good deeds is nothing. Stay focus, remember no one will give you money now-a-day if you never work for it.

Remember: Scam is making useless or worthless opportunity to shine like gold. Not all that shine is gold. Stay safe avoid riches that is given without hardwork.


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