Complaints of a supposed resort in Antipolo City , Rizal scamming interested Filipinos appeared online. A Reddit user on Wednesday, September 18 shared their experience of attempting to book White Pearl Resort for their daughter’s birthday. The Redditor said that they were “too busy” to arrange a site visit and regrettably relied on the pictures on their Facebook page.
They were later told by a friend that there was a post of complaints about the resort. “Search niyo na lang, super dami ng [social media] post. I should have researched.
So ayun, goodbye P16k [16,000]. Sharing for awareness,” the Redditor wrote on the r/Philippines subreddit. They also posted a screengrab of a fund transfer they did with the resort.
In the discussion thread, the Redditor said they would “file a report” with CIMB Philippines, the bank to which they transferred money for the resort. They also said they would be going around Antipolo to personally look for another resort where they could spend their daughter’s birthday. One of the screengrabs uploaded by the Redditor featured a Facebook post of a Filipino inquiring if the White Pearl Resort was “legit.
” “Legit po ba ang White Pearl Resort sa 427 Everlasting St, Antipolo City? Nagtanong ako kung [pwede] mag-site visit ang pay the reservation personally, blinock na ako,” the Facebook user wrote. The Facebook post also had comments of others sharing similar experiences. “Scam po ‘yan, galing po kami [diyan] kagabi para mag.