| Photo form LnB Cebu City
MANDAUE CITY, Cebu – Scam alert!
The Liga ng mga Barangay (LnB) in Cebu City is asking Cebuanos to be cautious with their online transactions.
LnB Cebu City issued the warning after at least four of the city’s 80 barangay captains raised concerns against “online scammers” who are using their names.
In a statement posted on its social media page, LnB-Cebu City, under the leadership of Councilor Franklyn Ong, said they “received reports that online scammers are pretending to be one of our barangay captains.”
Scammers, according to LnB Cebu City, have been using the names of the barangays captains of Guadalupe, Labangon, Pung-ol Sibugay, and Banilad, among others, in an attempt to earn cash.
“They have been asking for money to be sent via GCash, pretending that this money will be used as a payment to the barangay’s supplier,” LnB Cebu City’s advisory reads.
“Please know that the concerned Punong Barangays do not know these people and they are not in any way authorized by the barangay officials to transact on their behalf,” it added.
| Photo from LnB Cebu City
In a social media post, Barangay Captains Vic Buendia (Labangon) and Jerson Cadampog (Pung-ol Sibugay) warned their constituents against persons using their names to cash in from their supposed mobile wallets to pay for their purchase of barangay supplies.
Cadampog said he already has the IP address of the person who created a fake account using his name and he…
