Helper tricked to hand over P200,000 jewelry

MANILA, Philippines – Police have launched a manhunt for two women who allegedly tricked an 18-year old helper in Marikina City to hand over her employer’s jewelry worth P200,000 using the so-called “budol-budol” scam.

A report by the Eastern Police District, said the swindlers victimized helper Jane Aninzo and her employer Glenda Gerero, 40, a doctor.

An initial investigation showed that at about 2 p.m. on Monday, Aninzo received a call from a woman who told her that Gerero needed money after the employer purportedly got involved in a car accident.

The caller reportedly told Miranda that her employer could not properly speak due to supposed injuries she sustained from the crash.

Claiming to read from Gerero’s written instructions, the caller told Aninzo to get a box of jewelry in the bedroom and go to Riverbanks commercial center in Barangay Barangka.

After arriving in Riverbanks, Aninzo was told to buy a new sim card to receive further instructions.

She was then told to go to FVR Road also in Barangay Barangka where she met a woman to whom she reportedly handed the box of jewelry.

According to Gerero, she also lost important documents.

Police are checking out CCTV footage in the area in an attempt to identify the suspects. /cbb