Pokwang laments lost money ‘stolen’ from online money app
Pokwang laments lost money ‘stolen’ from online money app. Image: Instagram/@itspokwang27
Actress Pokwang expressed her frustration over losing a significant amount of money that she stored in a popular online money application, GCash.
Pokwang took to Instagram to reveal that she was one of the people whose funds had been stolen from her account in the digital payment app, lamenting about the SIM card policy recently mandated in the Philippines.
“Naghahanap buhay po ako ng marangal nagbibigay po ako ng hanap buhay sa mga single mom, tapos isang umaga pagka gising mo simot ang laman ng GCASH account? Ibat-ibang number na hindi naka rehistro halos nasa 30 numero na hindi naka rehistro!!! Ano nangyare sa registered sim policy ngayon?” she captioned her post alongside screenshots of the money amounts that were stolen from her account.
(I do a dignified work; I give livelihoods to single moms, and then one morning upon waking up, your money has been wiped out from your GCASH account and sent to various unregistered numbers — almost 30 unregistered numbers. What happened to the registered sim policy now?)
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The “TiktoClock” host then called out the digital money company and urged them to do something about the issue.
Article continues after this advertisement“Nakakaiyak binangon ko mag isa ang negosyong pinabayaan ng taong inasahan ko pinag katiwalaan ko pati ba naman dito naisahan parin ako? Nakakaiyak talaga sana naman [@gcashofficial] tulungan niyo mga kagaya kong naghahanap buhay ng patas at nagbibigay ng hanap buhay din,” she said.
(It’s sad that I raised a business alone that was abandoned by the person I trusted; even here, I’m still getting tricked. It really makes me cry. [@gcashofficial] Please help people like me who earn a fair living and give a living as well.)
Hours after her post, Pokwang reposted the official statement from the mobile payments service that assured people that their accounts are safe and the incident was due to “errors in an ongoing reconciliation process.”
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Earlier today, Nov. 9, the money application trended on social media after many users reported that their money also was missing or stolen from their accounts. As of writing, the netizens, including Pokwang, have yet to say if their money has been successfully returned.
