08/06/2025
This is heartbreaking—but I’m sharing this for awareness.
Earlier today, we got scammed, and sadly, one of our customers was affected too.
We always do our best to keep things secure, but this just shows that even official pages aren’t safe anymore, especially when contact numbers are publicly available. Scammers move quickly and know how to take advantage of small details.
Here’s what happened:
At around 9:38 AM, my mom received a call from an unknown number. The caller asked about an order, and my mom, thinking it was a legit customer, responded, “Ahh, is this from Pardo?” He said yes. So she gave him the quotation—₱12,100+.
Their conversation went on for quite a while, and my mom eventually handed me the phone. I was hungry and distracted, so I didn’t think twice. I gave him the order details—and made my biggest mistake by giving him my boyfriend’s number, since the customer and my boyfriend live near each other.
I didn’t question it right away because I thought maybe someone else was handling the payment while the customer was at mass. But something felt off, and I couldn’t shake the feeling.
I tried reaching the scammer again—no answer. I texted them about the misunderstanding and asked how they planned to settle the payment.
Then, I got a message from my boyfriend saying the customer already paid. I was confused because earlier I was told they’d pay upon delivery. I asked who they sent the payment to, and that’s when everything unraveled. We were scammed.
I called the number—the scammer picked up. I asked why they sent the payment to the wrong number when I had clearly provided the correct one earlier. No proper answer. Then they stopped answering completely.
Finally, the real customer called me—and she was just as shocked as I was.
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Since then, I’ve been thinking about everything that happened. I take full responsibility for not double-checking the payment details and confirming everything directly with the customer. We trusted too easily—especially because the order came through a friend’s relative or neighbor. I honestly never thought this could happen to us.
Lesson learned.
From now on, if someone tries to call or ask for payment details—especially if we’ve already settled things with the actual customer—we will no longer entertain the call.
To everyone reading this:
Please be careful. Always double-check. And never assume—even if the caller seems familiar or says the right things. Scammers are getting smarter.
