OFW loses hundreds of thousands to a stranger she met at NAIA

• An OFW was said to have been hypnotized by a woman at NAIA and was convinced to withdraw around P270,000.
• The woman quickly disappeared as soon as she acquired the said amount but was caught a few minutes later.
• Although apprehended, the culprit only had P65,000 with her when apprehended.

An OFW from Hong Kong lost almost P300,000 to a woman she just met at the airport.

Gemele Martin said that when she was at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA), the culprit befriended her while she was waiting at Terminal 3. The woman was identified as Juvy Macalalad Zamora from San Jose Del Monte, Bulacan.

For some reason, Zamora had convinced Martin to withdraw from her bank account even though they just only met a few minutes earlier. She got HK $10,000 in her bag and a few thousand pesos and after she finished talking to Zamora, she already has P270,000 and the Hong Kong dollars.

As she didn’t think anything was suspicious, she continued talking to the stranger. When she had to go to the toilet, she left the bag full of money with Zamora, who immediately disappeared as soon as she entered the cubicle.

The OFW quickly asked for help from airport authorities and when the woman got caught, she only had P65,000 with her.

Zamora refused to say where the rest of the money went and Martin is determined to file charges against the woman.