Beware Mother and Daughter Tandem Modus Operandi Targets Women Shoppers in Gateway Cubao
A highly planned modus operandi is reportedly reoccuring in the crowded areas around Araneta Center, Cubao. A young woman who became a victim of the said modus bravely shared the frightening incident she experienced yesterday while she was in Gateway mall, Cubao.
We picked this scary story to warn other shoppers especially women who are the targets of this latest modus. We initially noticed this report a few hours ago when we were searching for topics that are relevant to this time of year. As 'Ber' months start, syndicates are also slowly wandering around the metro looking for preys. These groups are malicously pretending to be professionals and they look like corporate employees. A good example of this alarming situation was shared by a netizen through her social media account.
In a Facebook post of Maria Violeta, she exposed and narrated her terrifying experience in Gateway mall. She is encouraging netizens to spread her experience to serve as an early reminder to Christmas shoppers.
The Horrible Experience of Maria in Gateway Mall, Cubao
At around 1:15p.m yesterday, September 6, 2015, she was allegedly bumped by an old woman while she was standing at the escalator. At first, she didn't bother to look around thinking that the matured lady was just in a hurry. However, when she headed out to the exit the same woman kicked her up. This time around she respectfully asked the old lady if something was wrong or what.
The woman replied back, "wala.." and she shrugged off the inquiry of Maria.
When Maria turned around to continue walking, for the third time the suspect hit her again. Unintentionally, she uttered some hateful remarks to the old woman. This is when the daughter confronted Maria and two of them ended up hitting each other. This is allegedly the newest modus operandi staged in Gateway, Cubao.
After two minutes, the mother of the girl tried to intervene their fight. At this point, Maria had the opportunity to move away from the horrifying threat. She rushed into a nearby Dickies establishment where she positioned to take a photo of the suspects. In her post, she was a bit mystified because the old woman and her daughter calmly passed by and didn't bother to turn away from the camera.
At the latter part of the story, Maria Violeta mentioned that the latest modus happening in Araneta Center, Cubao involves an old mother together with her daughter (acting as accomplice) who eyes for innocent shoppers and will attempt to stage a fight in order for the victim to loose her bag during the altercation. When this incident occurs, someone will take the belongings of the helpless victim and will immediately escape from the crime scene.
Knowing that our police officers aren't that effective in guarding the safety of the public, we highly recommend that you should bring someone with you whenever you go out.
Read the frightening exprience of Maria(Tagalog version) in page 2.
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