Spammers and Scammers are Scums

I just mentioned on Facebook that spammers are not as smart as they think they are. The emails on penis enlargement or viagra they send to me are not convincing at all because of a very obvious reason. I'm a woman and my dear husband can attest to that!

But still, in a week, almost half of the spam mails I get are pretty lewd. I don't really check them as they aren't worthy of my attention but when you get these messages all the time, you sometimes get a desire of hitting their heads as a reminder that not all people fall into their trap. 

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Scammers, on the other hand, know better. Oh well, I just realized that Binbit.com has stolen mobile load credits from me after answering an IQ test. Here's how it happened. 

A company sent me an email and offered me a translation job. They got my contact information from the job marketplace where I met my current employer. The pay was relatively promising, $8 per hour, so I clicked on the site they provided and saw a Filipina working from home as the background. A dialogue box popped out and said that I can't read the details of the job unless I take an IQ test. 

Alright, I should have known right there and then that it was a scam. I've never encountered a real virtual employer who uses that strategy. 

If referred to this site, never give your mobile number!

But I didn't get the sign. I just assumed it was a pre-employment requirement and besides, I love answering short online IQ quizzes. I was curious with their questions and I wanted to find out my intelligence level according to their standards. I answered five questions but they all seem familiar to me. I still went on and after that, I had to provide my mobile number where they will send the code to be entered on the screen, a process I've done before. 

Okay, that was the second sign that it wasn't a job offer. A valid and reliable pre-employment test is usually time-limited and longer. Yeah, I was too dumb to NOT refer to my recruitment experience! The other thing was they asked for my number, a very personal information.

But the gullible me still trusted them. While waiting for their text message, I saw their note on the lower part of their webpage that once I enter the code, I'd be instantly subscribed to one of Binbit's services. That's P10 per day.

An epiphany struck me.

Binbit was the reason for the unexplained load deduction on my phone! I have already received and ignored many text messages from the site a month ago. I didn't know that it wasn't a promotional reminder; it was already a subscription! The good thing is you can unsubscribe by sending STOP BIN to 2474.

I would like to believe that perhaps it was my fault; that I just didn't read their instructions carefully. If Binbit wasn't a scam, why would they use job employment to deceive professionals? But hey, there's no need to answer this question because Binbit IS really a scam.

Spammers and scammers, get a life!