Digital Begging


 

     Even if you’re just a bit active on Facebook, I’m sure you’ve already come across these comments (usually on posts of popular FB pages) asking for some financial help with a GCash number.  A peso will do and will be a big help to a loved one who’s sick, the comments say.

     Yep, begging has also become digital. Imagine posting that comments—which doesn’t need much effort— daily on myriad of popular FB pages and touching the hearts of some generous netizens who think giving a peso or five or ten is nothing. A peso each from many people will certainly amount to something.

     I have a GCash but I don’t think I’ll ever give even a peso to these people as they are mostly just scamming.  If you’d take a look at their profiles (to see if they’re really needy), you’d see that most of these profiles are private. I’ve seen a profile whose owner’s cover photo showed him straddling an expensive motorcycle while wearing a Lacoste T-shirt.

     But a few weeks ago, I sent a hundred pesos to an FB page that caters to dogs and cats. The account’s owner owns several dogs and has also been feeding stray dogs and cats. He says he is sickly and doesn’t earn much (like me, Lol) but he needs regular income to feed his dogs and the strays, so he posts his GCash number every now and then to ask for support. I thought he was genuine, and aside from that, he regularly creates and posts memes about dogs and cats that are really funny and entertaining—so I went to my GCash, saw that I still had 102 pesos and sent him one hundred.

     He quickly sent a reply thanking me.

     Meanwhile, my GCash money remains at two pesos as of this writing.

     Whoever reading this and wants to help me, I’ll send you my GCash number.

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