Beware of the Budol-Budol Gang

Last Sunday, while waiting for my girlfriend in Alabang Starmall, somebody approached me and asked me if I could send a text message to his friends who he will meet that day in Starmall. He explained that he could not send any text message because his cellphone is low in battery. Because he looked to be in desperate need, I acceded to his plea and sent his message to his friends using my cellphone.

All is well until I received this message yesterday:

“#@*^ KA UNG TAO KO BKT U KNHA UNG CP NYA BUDOL BUDOL K PALA HAYOP K PNAHAHANAP KNA NG MGA PULIS NPICTURN K NG MGA KSMA NYA KHPN.”

Well, the gist of the message, as translated into English is that the person who sent me the text message accuses me of stealing his friend’s cellphone. He/she accuses me as a member of the Budol-Budol Gang and he scared me by saying that the police are already hunting me down and they got a picture of me.

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