Don't ever click the link!

By Toni
@toniganzon (80884)
Philippines
September 15, 2026 5:09am CST
Different bank institutions in the country never failed to remind people to never ever click a link that was sent to them via SMS by a 'supposed bank institution.' Banks would never send a link through SMS. Sunday evening, while I was dining out with the kids, Mel show me his phone asking what the message meant. He showed me the message I have attached in this discussion. Told him it's a scam and he should ignore it. A couple of minutes later, I received the same exact message. So did Alicia, and so did my son, Craig. People can be gullible sometimes and they could easily fall prey in such trickery.
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3 responses
@May2k8 (20160)
• Indonesia
19h
I also frequently receive SMS messages from banks, even though I’ve never signed up with them; besides, there is technology nowadays that can mask the sender's identity.
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@toniganzon (80884)
• Philippines
6h
Of course there is. People can pretend to be anybody these days.
@AmbiePam (127133)
• United States
3h
It amazes me that people still fall for that nonsense.
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@toniganzon (80884)
• Philippines
1h
There will always be gullible ones, especially if they see there's money involved.
@celticeagle (193827)
• Boise, Idaho
10h
That is so true. If I am unsure on anything I have my grandson here to check it for me. Also, I watch a channel on YouTube that is about a guy who messes with hackers and drives them crazy. I watched a special he did where he invited several hackers (the good ones) to a data center in Florida to do a scam roll and got them to call and interact with several hackers around the world. They were able to get the actual addresses of a few and made actual arrests. It was so cool.
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@toniganzon (80884)
• Philippines
6h
Yeah, do you remember I love you virus? Caused billions of dollars in economic damage all over the world. The hacker was from my country. He walked free because we didn't have specific law against it at that time. Rumor has it, the FBI hired him coz he was just too good in his job.