Sending Large amount of Money to PH, Advice Please

[Chris Duffy 1,257]

If you are sending $150 to $200 USD weekly then you are getting scammed.  You are only a ATM to her and her family.

 

Please don't send $6K USD there. I have built a house in Philippines and purchased one in the past.  For 10K peso is way too cheap.

 

Get away from this scammer and find someone else.  I have seen families who make the girl scammers so they can have money, I have seen Americans who live in Philippines and have their girlfriends scam guys for money and it is also not uncommon for a husband to have his wife out on the internet scamming for money.

 

Find a nice girl who doesn't ask for money, and whose family doesn't ask for money.   If they constantly need money then that is a red flag and time to run.   Girls and families who always need money are only scammers no matter if they are rich or poor.

[Hank_ 9,174]

yada.. yada...   

 

This was addressed long ago in this topic. 

[Chris Duffy 1,257]

On ‎10‎/‎11‎/‎2017 at 1:26 AM, RO_AH said:

I was concerned when I read the first post, however after reading the rest and seeing the pictures it seems reasonable. I would never send that much money and have someone pick it up. I would only send that much directly to a bank account. I have used Remitly for a while now ever since Hank suggested it in a post when I first started browsing these forums.

 

Best of luck to you.

No way I would keep over couple thousand in any Philippines Bank, Keep it in your US bank account and draw it out in the Philippines.

 

What is the PDIC limit on deposit guarantee, Around 10K USD last I checked.  

[Chris Duffy 1,257]

46 minutes ago, Hank_ said:

yada.. yada...   

 

This was addressed long ago in this topic. 

He won't be first and he won't be the last to be scammed.

 

 

[RO_AH 1,659]

8 hours ago, Chris Duffy said:

If you are sending $150 to $200 USD weekly then you are getting scammed.  You are only a ATM to her and her family.

Not always the case.

 

8 hours ago, Chris Duffy said:

Please don't send $6K USD there. I have built a house in Philippines and purchased one in the past.  For 10K peso is way too cheap.

I built a house there for less than 4k USD

8 hours ago, Chris Duffy said:

Get away from this scammer and find someone else.  I have seen families who make the girl scammers so they can have money, I have seen Americans who live in Philippines and have their girlfriends scam guys for money and it is also not uncommon for a husband to have his wife out on the internet scamming for money.

Being a little judgmental here. Most of us here are very well of the scammers in the Philippines. The OP has been warned.

6 hours ago, Chris Duffy said:

No way I would keep over couple thousand in any Philippines Bank, Keep it in your US bank account and draw it out in the Philippines.

What is the PDIC limit on deposit guarantee, Around 10K USD last I checked.  

I don't think anyone has discussed putting more than 10k USD in a Philippines bank.

[Hank_ 9,174]

7 hours ago, RO_AH said:

Not always the case.

 

I built a house there for less than 4k USD

Being a little judgmental here. Most of us here are very well of the scammers in the Philippines. The OP has been warned.

I don't think anyone has discussed putting more than 10k USD in a Philippines bank.

I think this guying is "trolling" (... new handle .. returning troll.)  for responses just to stir things up.   

[LabOz 915]

On 9/25/2017 at 7:39 AM, John & Rose said:

I used Remitly for the first time last week.  I got a rate of 54 php to the dollar!!!  It was introductory and they also waived the fee.  It worked flawlessly.  They may be my new go to company for transferring money.

Remitly has an excellent Phone app as well.

 

Steven

[Hank_ 9,174]

4 hours ago, LabOz said:

Remitly has an excellent Phone app as well.

 

Steven

Yes, I finally loaded it on my phone a couple weeks ago  ... I am slow some times for sure.    

[Chris Duffy 1,257]

16 hours ago, RO_AH said:

I built a house there for less than 4k USD

 

Cinder Block house? Or nipa hut?

 

What year was this?  I would love to see a pic, I can't imagine getting a house built that cheap now of day.

Edited October 17, 2017 by Chris Duffy

[RO_AH 1,659]

2 hours ago, Hank_ said:

Yes, I finally loaded it on my phone a couple weeks ago  ... I am slow some times for sure. 

The app was great while I was there a few weeks ago. I sent myself money about 3x.

[RO_AH 1,659]

22 minutes ago, Chris Duffy said:

Cinder Block house? Or nipa hut?

 

What year was this?  I would love to see a pic, I can't imagine getting a house built that cheap now of day.

Cinder block. It was about 2 years ago. Here are some pics of building it and mostly complete. The airccon was put in a few months ago in preparation for my trip. The AC and install was about 20k. The house is not a dream home by any means, I will build that soon. It is modest with 2 bedrooms, sari store, cr, and kitchen in the back. All of the walls are finished cement inside and out. One room and half of the exterior we did the finish cement at the time we did the AC so that was additional to what I paid to build the house originally.

[Chris Duffy 1,257]

Not Bad, I am pretty sure I can't get it done for that price or close to it.

[Chris Duffy 1,257]

If that 4K included septic system and electrical and plumbing then that was a steal.  

[RO_AH 1,659]

3 hours ago, Chris Duffy said:

If that 4K included septic system and electrical and plumbing then that was a steal.  

Septic and electrical included. No running water or water heater, we get the water from a well.

[Chris Duffy 1,257]

1 hour ago, RO_AH said:

Septic and electrical included. No running water or water heater, we get the water from a well.

I am impressed. That is a lot do get done on 4K.  

 

Congrats