The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) on Wednesday warned the public against fake booking sites and personnel asking people to send payments to their bank accounts.
PRC Chairman and CEO Sen. Richard Gordon reminded the public that they can only book and pay through the PRC’s official booking site: book.redcross.org.ph at dashlabs.ai.
“Do not be deceived by people who are asking to book any other methods than this. Marami na ang nahihirapan dahil sa pandemya, huwag niyong samantalahin ang sitwasyon upang makapang loko ng tao [Do not add to the burden of the people brought about by thus pandemic, don’t take advantage of them],” Gordon said.
Gordon said that the PRC has been receiving reports of people scamming the public and by introducing themselves as official PRC members and booking by sending payments into the bank accounts of these individuals.
He stressed that the PRC has no other booking sites nor any authorized sales representative.
The PRC said that the official RT-PCR Test booking platform for swab and saliva tests is https://book.redcross.org.ph and that the testing fee is P2,000 for RT-PCR and P3,800 for swab test.
The public is also encouraged to report to PRC hot line 1158 if they encounter any scamming incident.
The PRC assured that they already took necessary actions to track down the culprits.
PRC, the leading organization for the Covid-19 RT-PCR test, has already done 3.5 million tests nationwide which accounts for more than 25 percent of nationwide testing.