Police Colonel Ireneo Dalogdog, the director of the Cebu City Police Office. | CDN Digital photo
CEBU CITY, Philippines — Aside from ATM scams and budol-budol, Cebu City police have also alerted the public against individuals who pose as police officers to scam their victims and steal their personal information.
Police Colonel Ireneo Dalogdog, chief of the Cebu City Police Office (CCPO), released a firm warning on Sunday, November 13, after they received information on social media that someone is using the name of their office, Camp Sotero Cabahug, to scam.
In a post circulating on social media, a female victim said she received a call from a government agency informing her that she was blacklisted due to an alleged package that contained illegal documents. The caller reportedly advised the victim to report this to the police in Cebu and file a blotter report for the said transaction.
A few minutes later, she reportedly received a call from a woman claiming to be a member of the Philippine National Police in Cebu. The said caller asked if they could conference through Skype after she said that she could not go to Cebu to file a blotter report in person.
During their Skype meeting, the victim said she had a glimpse of the woman wearing a “police uniform.” The woman also claimed that she was talking to her from the headquarters of the Cebu City Police Office (CCPO) located at Camp Sotero Cabahug.
The still unidentified “scammer” allegedly asked the victim…
