Babaeng sumuko dahil sa umano'y love scam, dumepensang ginamit lamang siya ng dating nakarelasyon...
Babaeng sumuko dahil sa umano'y love scam, dumepensang ginamit lamang siya ng dating nakarelasyon na dayuhan
Transcript
00:00 A woman who was involved in a love scam was arrested by the PNP Anti-Crime Group.
00:06 This is Patrick De Jesus' story.
00:08 This woman who has a warrant of arrest for the Estafa case and was also involved in a love scam,
00:20 but she was also a victim of the PNP ACG.
00:25 Sir, I'm just a photographer. I don't want to be a victim of a scam. I just want to save my money.
00:30 He said that he had a relationship with a foreign woman who was 10 months old.
00:35 He was willing to create a bank account under her name to deposit their money.
00:42 But he was suspicious of her knowledge that her boyfriend was using it for a scam.
00:48 He said that they would create a bank account under her name and he would send all of his earnings to her.
00:59 The ATM card of the bank account was held by a foreigner.
01:06 He didn't say that he was using it for a scam.
01:14 He didn't know that he was using the bank account he opened for his girlfriend for a scam.
01:24 In the investigation of the PNP ACG, the victim of the package scam was another woman
01:30 who had an online relationship with a foreign woman who had a love affair.
01:34 All of her money went to the bank account under her name.
01:38 Until the amount of 840,000 was reached, all of the accounts of the woman were down.
01:44 We call it a "mule account."
01:48 The foreigner was using it as a gateway
01:53 so that he wouldn't be directly suspected of being the one who was really scammed.
01:59 According to the PNP ACG,
02:01 the woman was still not absolved of any cases while the foreign suspect was being searched.
02:08 It's like an accessory to the crime.
02:11 It means that you are an accessory because your name was used in an illegal procedure.
02:17 The ignorance of the law excuses no one from compliance therewith.
02:21 We tried to get the statement of the woman who is currently in custody of the PNP ACG,
02:27 but it did not respond.
02:29 You are also a victim?
02:31 Is that true that you are a victim or a suspect?
02:34 According to the police, the number of cases of love scam increased by 79% in 2023.
02:41 Last month, five cases of love scam were reported,
02:45 which is lower than the previous year.
02:50 Patrick De Azuz for Pambansang TV in Bagong, Philippines.