Charles Teves
- Vener Quiogue was called by a man claiming to be BPI employee
- The man asks him about his credit card information but gets nothing
- Netizens react
Vener Quiogue went on Twitter to warn people about credit card scammers.
It all started when an unknown number called him and the caller introduced himself as Alex from BPI Makati.
The number started off with “0905” which already make Quiogue skeptical about the whole thing.
What was surprising was that Alex knew some info about Quiogue.
https://twitter.com/itsvener/status/1145530629276094464
Alex said that Quiogue’s card was about to expire but wasn’t sure of the exact month.
https://twitter.com/itsvener/status/1145531160140795905
As a credit card owner, Quiogue wanted to know Alex’s purpose. Alex then stated the first eight digits of Quiogue’s card number.
https://twitter.com/itsvener/status/1145531525628170241
Alex wouldn’t give up and kept on asking for the last eight digits. Quiogue gave him some random numbers and when Alex didn’t react and said that the numbers were wrong, he confirmed that it was indeed a scam.
When Alex tried to get the security code at the back of the card, Quiogue dropped the call.
https://twitter.com/itsvener/status/1145532355047649280
https://twitter.com/itsvener/status/1145532587529531392
Later on, Quiogue decided to call Alex but the scammer wouldn’t answer. So he shot him a text. Alex then called back immediately.
https://twitter.com/itsvener/status/1145533460989132801
Alex then asked for the code again but with a little more aggression, perhaps trying to intimidate him.
https://twitter.com/itsvener/status/1145533834005344256
Quiogue then exposed him and that’s when Alex blew up. Quiogue fought back with words of his own.
https://twitter.com/itsvener/status/1145534308993531904
Their conversation ended there, but Quiogue is still left disturbed.
The whole thing got him thinking on how scammers get information from people like him.
https://twitter.com/itsvener/status/1145534921076723713
Quiogue advised people not to share their credit card number with anyone.
Having read his thread, BPI notified Quiogue that they are already doing an investigation on the whole thing.
https://twitter.com/itsvener/status/1145967500980449280
Sis-in-law was a victim of this. Scammer took 150k from her account. Dinemanda nya BPI as accessory to the crime. Same situation. Sa sobrang busy nya – di nya na-noticed yung signs. She believe na BPI staff Yung tumawag sa kanya coz alam lahat ng details nya.
— 🇵🇠Hannah (@k4tc4rl0) July 2, 2019
Hi!! This very nearly happened to me just last week, except it was from Metrobank credit card (daw) at sinabihan ko agad ng "not interested po ako, thank you nalang". Kaso push talaga si ate girl na "sayang naman ang lifetime waiving of annual —
— Little Noosh (@lexaplayrage) July 1, 2019
I know some people back then na mga taga san juan (but I ain’t snitching) yung iba nagw-work parin sa bank yung iba ex-bank employee or sometimes may kilala sila sa loob and they’ll pay the person para sa info ng random credit card. And it works most of the time
— Louvière (@vsvpmark) July 2, 2019
Yung iba sa mga courier nakukuha nga details ng creditcard. Kaya ingat din sa paggamit ng mga creditcard sa online shopping. Binebenta ng ibang courier ang details nyo.
— ᜇᜓᜃᜒᜆᜓ rokito (@28thROK) July 2, 2019
Whoa, that happened to me also. They knew my name and contact number. But eastwest bank naman. Mali lang nung nag call is wala akong eastwest account. Pero alarming pa rin kasi they know my personal info.
— karla (@arsinoee_) July 2, 2019
https://mobile.twitter.com/itsvener/status/1145529631585345536
