Beware of this modus! Netizen share horrible experience that almost had her kidnapped! ~ SOCIAL PINOY

Most of us Filipinos are compassionate especially when our elderly asks us for any kind of assistance. This trait has been the target of some criminals and syndicates, and it has been documented by a Facebook user in her recent post.

Facebook user Len Q. Paus shared how she was almost kidnapped by a syndicate. According to what she posted last May 15, 2017, she was walking along 11th Avenue in BGC at around 7:30 in the morning when an oldy lady approached her.

Based on the accompanying photos, the old lady was wearing typical home clothes, suggesting that she might really be financially unstable. Their conversation started with the old lady asking Len if she was a blood donor. Len eagerly answers with a yes and immediately offered to help them contact Red Cross Philippines.

This was because the old lady said that her child suffers from leukemia and that she has been walking for hours trying to find enough blood donors for her child's medication. When asked, the old lady said that her child is confined in Ospital ng Makati and Len should come with here there to get her blood extracted.

Assuming that Len fell for her alibi, the old lady said she will roam around a little more to get more donors. This time, Len lost sight of her and she then contacted her friend from Red Cross to seek help about the blood extraction.

Her friend was willing to help her but eventually grew suspicious about the old lady. Her friend opened about the modus operandi of kidnappers using an old lady as a front. This triggered Len to search for a similar modus and she was surprised at what she found out. The photo of the old lady has been circulating in Facebook since 2015, together with a warning that it was a scam or it can lead to something as worse as kidnapping.

The old lady's script was still the same: her only child confined at OsMak is suffering from leukemia and she needed blood donors to come with her.
The old lady was never seen by Len ever again. Let this post remind everyone of the modus that has been going on for years now, and to stay safe and vigilant against these kinds of people.

LEN Q. PAUS FULL POST

BEWARE! (Uppercase para intense) I posted this to prevent victims and save lives.
Around 7:30am, I met this old woman at 11th Avenue, BGC, Taguig.
Conversation:
LOLA: Anak, blood donor ka ba?
Len: Yes po nay, bakit po?
LOLA: Kailangan ko kasi ng donor, *crying* kanina pa ako naglalakad, nagbabakasakali baka may mahanap ako. Yung nag-iisang anak ko kasi may Leukemia. Kailangan ko ng donor.
Len: Nay, may mga kakilala akong nagtatrabaho sa Philippine Red Cross, baka matulungan ka. Pero if kailangan mo po ng donor willing naman po akong magdonate since A+ po ang blood type ko. Ano po bang pangalan ng patient niyo at saan nakaconfine?
LOLA: Sa OsMak anak. *crying continued* Sumama ka sa akin para magdonate, lumalabas na dugo ng anak ko sa ilong. (Hindi niya binigay pangalan ng patient/anak niya)
Len: Nay wag na kayong umiyak may mga kakilala akong doctor at may mga kaibigan ako na baka matulungan ka.
LOLA: Sige anak, magtatanong-tanong na din muna ako diyan sa daan para madaming donor.(Bigla nalang siyang nawala)
So dali-dali kong kinokontak si Karey Balbin yung classmate ko sa San Juan de Dios kasi sa Red Cross siya nagtatrabaho. Nagbabakasakali akong matutulungan ni Karey and as we conversed nagbigay warning sa akin si Karey and told me na wag muna sasama, tapos inopen niya sa akin yung incident na nangkikidnap. Same incident happened before kaya mega research naman kami to confirm. Laking gulat ko ng makita ko ung mukha ng matandang kausap ko.
May mga taong humihingi ng tulong at totoong nangangailangan pero dahil sa pangyayaring gaya nito, nababawasan ang mga taong matulungin at busilak ang kalooban.
Nangilabot ako sa takot at inis! To think naisip ko pang bigyan ng P1000.00 yung matanda sa awa ko sa kanya. Natulala nalang ako at bigla kong natanong sa sarili ko, bakit sinasamantala nila ang pagiging maawain at mabait ng mga tao?
Everyone who makes a practice of sinning also practices lawlessness; sin is lawlessness. --1 John 3:4