Senior citizen, nawalan ng halos ₱500,000 sa hinihinalang dugo-dugo scam sa Maynila

• A 73-year-old woman lost nearly ₱500,000 worth of cash and jewelry to suspected “dugo-dugo” scammers in Sta. Mesa, Manila
• She received a call claiming that her daughter had been involved in a fatal accident and needed money to compensate the supposed victim’s family
• A motorcycle rider collected a paper bag containing the valuables outside a store on Valenzuela Extension
• Her daughter returned home about an hour later, leading the senior citizen to realize that she had been deceived

A 73-year-old woman lost nearly ₱500,000 in cash and jewelry after receiving a phone call claiming that her daughter had figured in a fatal accident in Manila.

According to Jomer Apresto’s report on GMA’s Balitanghali, the incident happened on Valenzuela Extension in Sta. Mesa shortly after noon on Tuesday. Authorities were investigating it as a suspected “dugo-dugo” scam.

Footage shown in the report captured a motorcycle rider stopping outside a store. The elderly woman later stepped outside and handed the rider a paper bag.

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Barangay officials said the senior citizen had received a call about her daughter, who had just left. The caller allegedly claimed that the daughter had hit an 18-year-old who died.

“Yun daw anak niya na kaaalis lang, nakabangga ng 18 years old, patay,” a barangay representative said while recounting the story told to the woman.

The caller supposedly asked for money and jewelry as compensation for the family of the person allegedly killed. The senior citizen was also reportedly instructed to keep the matter to herself.

Following those instructions, she gathered the valuables. She was told that a rider would collect them and deliver them to the supposed victim’s family.

About an hour after the handover, her daughter returned home. It was then that the elderly woman realized the call had been a scam.

The family subsequently contacted authorities. Citing the Sta. Mesa Police Station’s report, the news segment placed the value of the stolen cash and jewelry at nearly ₱500,000.

Family members declined to appear on camera. However, they expressed suspicion that someone they knew might have been involved because the call came through their private landline.

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That suspicion remained an angle being examined. The report did not establish who made the call or confirm that the person was acquainted with the family.

Authorities also mentioned a similar incident in Sta. Mesa on October 7. In that case, a caller allegedly told another victim that their mother had been involved in an accident and urgently needed a large amount of money.

A rider likewise arrived to collect cash and jewelry. The valuables handed over in that incident were reportedly worth nearly ₱1.5 million.

GMA sought the Sta. Mesa Police Station’s comment on both cases, but police declined to give a statement while the investigation was ongoing.

The report also carried a reminder to verify alarming calls about relatives. Residents were urged to contact the family member concerned before handing over money or belongings.

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Source: KAMI.com.gh