BEWARE: SCAM! SCAM! SCAM! I'm a Filipino who's 100% qualified had all the requirements (Active Philippines phone number, house and condo in the Philippines, and US, certified Filipino citizenship documents from Philippine embassy in the US, passport, driver's license they even Google my images and US combat military service etc .. to open a BDO savings and checking account from United States via online. I followed all the procedures and submitted all legal and sensitive documents. Despite of all these qualifications and able to provide all the requirements, I received an email stating disapprovement of my application. What a waste of time! All they want is my legal information. I'm sure they will sell that information. So Yesterday, I applied from US via online and received a video call from BDO Philippines. They tried to scam me by informing that there must be a 50,000 peso amount minimum balance on my possible savings account for 6 months before I can open a checking account in person in their Philippine branch. I said it doesn't make sense. You mean people without that kind of large money to deposit and maintain in their savings account for 6 months will never be able to open a checking account, a lot of people in the Philippines don't have that amount of money, that's odd. The representative suddenly looks nervous and stated, "oh it depends on the bank Branch Manager" Obviously BDO was trying to scam me by picking on me or singling me out because I'm in the United States making USD. That's ridiculous, horrible business tactics or ethics and unjust. When I informed them about my source of income from military disability pension and unemployment insurance benefits, they didn't believe me. Instead of asking for documentation to prove my claim they just assumed I was lying. I could have given them an official letter from the United States veterans administration and from EDD government agency (unemployment insurance) for verification. UNBELIEVABLE! SCAM! - US Air Force Combat Veteran (Fil-Am)
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