Working Student Expresses Frustration After Falling Victim to Fake Booking Scam
A working student trying to earn extra income through a delivery job was left heartbroken after falling victim to a fake booking scam.
Recently, ArticulateStarfruit97, a Facebook user, shared his experience on his third day of working with a delivery service app. The post immediately spread like wildfire online and garnered various reactions from the netizens.
The rider explained that he took the job to help pay for school expenses, including tuition and training fees. As a working student, every peso counted, which is why he grabbed the opportunity despite hearing warnings about possible scams.
The working student received a booking and spoke with the customer, who reassured him that everything was legitimate. The scammer even sent an ID, which he later realized might have been edited.
Trusting the conversation, he pushed through with the task only to lose P2,000 in the end.
Earlier that night, he had already been mistakenly caught in a personal issue involving another customer who thought he was a third party in a relationship dispute.
The student admitted he made a mistake in trusting too easily but hoped his story would serve as a warning to others. He pleaded for people to show compassion, especially to students working hard to reach their dreams.
Now left with less money and a painful lesson, he still hopes for fairness and wishes that the stolen money would at least be used for something good. placed his trust in karma to handle the rest.
In a previous report, a kind lady buys delivery rider’s food after he was victimized by fake booking
Here is the full post:
“Got scammed sa pabili sorry baguhan pa lang po sa maxim 3rd day palang since may need bayaran sa training sa school pinatos ko ang maxim trying to make for a living lang even though madami ang kumakalat nadala lang po pasensya na respeto lang working student po ako para may extra din wag naman po tayo mag scam and fake booking this night got cancelled once dahil napagkamalan pako kabit ng isang customer dahil nag away sila ng jowa nya tapos na scammed pa ng mga walang awa 2k din po ang nakuha saken kase literally nakaka yaka yung voice ng scammer first of all kinausap ko sya na iwas scammed po sana dahil working student lang ako para pambayad sa matrikula and training sa school then he assured me na hindi sya plus nagbigay sya ng ID (feel ko cinrop lang so nagpadala din ako) sorry diko ginamitan ng utak pero lesson learned maawa po kayo samen naghahanap buhay para sa pangarap lumaban naman po kayo ng patas sana yang perang nakuha nyo or ano man e magamit nyo sa maayos karma na bahala sainyo”
The internet users expressed their reactions to the post:
