Student sees stolen cellphone being sold online

A student found her cellphone being sold online at a cheaper price less than 24 hours after it was stolen, according to Emil Sumangil’s “24 Oras” report on Thursday.

She Cadores, mother of the student, shared that her child alerted her of a mobile phone displayed on a social media site that resembled the missing gadget.

“Mama, tignan niyo po yung ano nandito po yung cellphone ko, umiyak na siya ulit. Binebenta na po siya wala na yung sticker sa likod. Binebenta po P5,600. Noong time na po ‘yun talaga meron siyang project doon po nakalagay lahat iyak nang iyak siya,” Cadores said.

(Mama, here is my cellphone being sold online, then cried again. It was being sold for P5,600. At that time, my child had a project saved on the cellphone. That is why she cried.)

“Ang pagkakamali nila sinama nila sa selling pag post yung case niya. So ayun nga po tsaka yung serial number ng phone andon din,” she added.

(Their mistake was that they included the phone case as well as the serial number of the cellphone.)

They created a dummy account to communicate with the seller and meet up in a mall in Fairview, Quezon City.

The Quezon City Police District (QCPD) Fairview Police Station 16 conducted an entrapment operation and discovered that the suspects are minors.

Based on the initial investigation, the suspects were selling the cellphone at a cheaper price.

“Saktong nabili nila ay ibinenta rin nila ng mas mahal ng kaunti para sila naman ay kumita,” Lieutenant Colonel Richard Mepania, commander of Fairview Police Station-16 QCPD, said.

(After they allegedly bought it from another individual, they also sold it at a cheaper price so that they could make money.)

Mepania also advised parents to check on their children, especially on conducting transactions online.

“Ito yung lagi nating sinasabi na itong ating mga magulang ay bantayan natin yung ating mga anak dahil hindi natin nalalaman kung minsan yung pong mga transaction na ginagawa nila through online,” he said.

(This is what we always remind our parents to watch over their children because sometimes we don't know the transactions they do online.)

The authorities said they are still investigating the incident.—Richa Noriega/LDF, GMA News