Netizen Ann Krista B. Calderon almost become a victim of a new modus operandi that use an online seller’s bank account information to scam people online.

Calderon shares her experience in a viral Facebook post with a suspected scammer who inquired about her items for sale on Instagram.  The alleged scammer asked her bank account information after telling her intentions to buy some of the books of Calderon amounting to P500.

After a few days, the alleged scammer informs Calderon that she already deposited the payment.  She claims that instead of sending P500, she deposited to Calderon’s account P50, 000 that is supposedly intended for another seller of a Chanel bag.  The alleged scammer asks Calderon to send the excess amount to the bank account of a Krissia Angelique Gannod.

Since the transaction was of huge amount, before sending the money Calderon researched online about Gannod, and there she discovered that a certain Gannod is a scammer.  She then asked the alleged scammer if Gannod was a legitimate seller and ask her to send additional proof that she was the one who send the money but the latter has several excuses and fails to give any proof.  Calderon then later sensed that something was going wrong since the alleged scammer claimed that Gannod is a legitimate seller and that she has made a transaction with her three times already.

Calderon posted her story in Instagram in the hope of finding the owner of the money.  She then later found out the same scam post which includes her name which led her to contact the person, and that the person was also a victim of the alleged scammer.