Scams in Mindanao
It was last September 2009 when my 2 uncle have been a victim in this gold buying scam here in Mindanao, story is .. my uncle no.1 who live somewhere in marilog district talk to my uncle no.2 here in down town that there is a man who ask him how to sell a gold? And ask him to find a buyer on that said gold. So my uncle no.2 look for buyer on said gold so that he can earn a little percentage if it is already sold.
The story of that gold as what the bearer told them is,.. those gold are being found inside the cave long time ago by the grandfather of the owner,(note the guy who make a transaction with them is not the owner he is only the trusty of the owner),he said that the owner now is very old and that’s why the owner decide to find some buyer to those thing, the guy said that those gold are being kneeled down and offer prayer with it, they made it something like a god, he also said that the owner did not know how to speak in visaya or any language (they only knows bagobo’s dialect)that’s why he is the one making a deal with it, he also said that every time that there are already a lot of people knows the house of the owner they will find other location and build their house again for their security cause they are afraid that they will be killed because of that said gold. He also add that there are already a lot of buyer have a test on that gold bar (these is fact cause even my uncle saw it that there are too many small cut/hole in that bar) and they found that it is a real but they don’t sell it to those buyers cause the transaction will be made in the bank or hotel, he said that the owner is afraid to go in the city, the owner afraid even saw a car.. they only want to make a transaction in their area, and they are the one who will chose where and when.
After all that story my 2 uncle already believe him and after a few months my uncle no.2 have already a buyer that will transact in the their area, that’s on the middle of January 2010 but sad to say that the buyer cannot proceed here in Davao city cause election day is coming and there is a gun band in everywhere, cause the buyer brings many body guard with firearms for security reason. So that they will have to re schedule it after the election.
Then, after the election have already finish …..there they are…
When those bagobos back to the transaction , communicate with my 2 uncle ,then my uncle ask to show it again the gold bar, and woow they bring it another bar of gold cause that first bar sold and stolen with the close friend of the owner “they said”.,. So they do it again from the start,.. get sample and test it. But the sad thing is they found that the bar is fake so they return it back the sample to the guy(the bagobo,) but the guy get angry and said “you change the sample, our object is real” then the guy give my uncle no.2 a big bang.. punch … then my uncle run as fast as he can until he is gone to the highway .buti na lang hindi naabotan kundi dedo sana..
The very sad thing also is my 2 uncle was found in debt, cause this bagobos when they were in the house of my uncle they will ask everything they want like, they don’t have any rice in there house so my uncle give them any supply they want , rice, coffee and etc.
After that happen those bagobos still communicating with my uncle no.1 and told him to find another buyer, they said “the buyer of your brother did change the sample we give with a fake one, so I punch him” and they get angry with my uncle no.2, for now my uncle no.1 change his simcard, so no communication at all and they don’t see with each other anymore.
That’s the story end ….but the fact is, if the 1st. bar was done dealing and buyer will go in the area and bring millions of money to buy that gold bar, they will turn the Philippine flag upside down cause they will be getting war with each other….. the turning point of the scam plan is if the buyer will surely buy it they will change it with a fake one but if they will do that it’s the big war between the buyer’s group and the scammer’s group cause the buyer of my uncle will bring a lot of security with big firearms and these scammers have also big firearms…good thing is because of that election this was not happen at all.
My cousin can also testify this case, he is working somewhere in Bukidnon, he said that the first gold bar is real but it is only (paun/pangkati in bisaya)or just to make the buyer/people they will encounter believe that they are selling a real one but in the end they will change it, he said that almost all people there in bukidnon is scammer’s in fact some of his friend there are member of that scammer’s and if they can hit victim and earn big money from that kind of work then they will drink as many as they can for free together with my cousin, but my cousin is not a member(they’re just friend) he has his own work in there, a legal work..jejeje
My cousin told me that there are different rule played every member involve in this group it is like a game plan being played by different people, first is
(mangguyuray in visaya) or they are those people who will carry buyer’s contact/asset/trusty or it could be you to their co-member.
Ex. they would say that he/she has a contact that has a gold to be sell and if you agree with it and talk to his/her contact then you are about to fall in a scam, then at the end of the transaction if you find that it was a fake they will just say “I don’t know that they are selling a fake one”.
The second is the one who will make a deal with you if you want to see the item. →this is the contact of the first one who will text/call him/her.
The third one is those said the owner of the item this member is the one bringing the item to make you see it and test it. →note: there are some in this part of the transaction that you will ask you to give money to them cause their reason is you have already seen there item and if you regret to do that your head will be take off .. our financier is already a victim also in this kind of transaction after he saw the 1 bar and 1 budha they ask money, he also saw a dead body in the area, looks like a week sense die cause it is already smells bad and he ask them what happen to him? They answer that they kill him cause he stolen the gold bar we bring, after that he get some money in his pocket and gave them.. the fact is if he did not gave them money as a pay for his seeing on their item he will be like on that poor dead man. He said that the item they bring is 100% fake, because the colour of the budha is totally like bronze.
In other case … There are also some story that they will say “those man is already out of this transaction cause he is not honest “and they will add “only you will hold this transaction cause the others are not honest”.in short they want you to know that they trust you more than the others (but still those others are still there co member trying also to find buyers on that item)
Take note my cousin told to me that they are too nice in making some story like drama drama and all there story are believable if you first heard there story.my cousin said that magaling masyado yan cla kung mag drama sometimes they apply like crying (artistahin hahahaha )
Beware in this place , from marilog dist.up to marahan,bukidnon and all near places in bukidnon I can’t memorize all places there but my uncle said that the origin of that fake gold bar is in bukidnon.
I’ve heard a story about why the people in Bukidnon do all this bad things. Long time ago we back the time of Marcos, the people of Bukidnon have found a big bunker site, then after that Marcos went there and promised that he will sell it and he will go back and give them the money as what it worth. Then after that Marcos came back together with those gold and said that those are all fake. but the people know that it’s not fake so they think that Marcos exchange real one with the fake one and gave back to the people. And that’s the start of dealing with a fake gold and scam.
What do you think? Is it really true? cause this is only a story I’ve heard and also at the time of Marcos I am not yet born in this world hehehehe.. I’ve also heard that there are some machine in making fake gold bar hidden in the cave on that place.
My cousin also told me that this group of scammers are very hard to put in jail and sentence with a life time cause they are highly protected with some government officials and big syndicate on that area, if there are some member of the group caught by the police and put into jail, the day after tomorrow they will be free again and back to work, back to scam. They are also armed with high power firearms.
This is just the story of my cousin who lived and work there a couple of year.
