PAGADIAN CITY, Zamboanga del Sur, Aug. 13 (PNA) – Police
have warned the public against a new extortion scheme being perpetrated by “gun
for hires” through phone calls and text messages.
Senior Supt. Glenn Dulawan, assistant police provincial
director for operations, on Saturday issued the warning after they have
uncovered the new extortion scheme victimizing businessmen and other
individuals in this province.
Dulawan said the modus operandi of the group was to
threaten the victim to give in to demands through the use of mobile phone.
At first, Dulawan said, the extortionists would call or
send text message introducing themselves as gun for hires and informed the
victim that they were already paid 50 percent of the contracted amount to kill
him or her.
He said they would then negotiate or demand the victim to
settle the remaining 50 percent of the contracted amount in exchange of sparing
the victim’s life.
He said the victim would then be instructed to send the
payment through money transfer making it difficult for the authorities to
conduct entrapment operation.
He advised the public not to be worried once they
received call or text message from an unidentified people, citing the scheme
was purely extortion.
He said they should immediately report to police once
they received call or text message threatening them.
RMA/TPGJR/Hirohito D. Cadion
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