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MANILA, PHILIPPINES -- Everyday, subscribers of Smart, Globe and Sun Cellular have to contend not just with cellphone thieves who prowl with impunity across the country. But daily and quietly, a specter haunts almost each and every prepaid subscriber: that specter is cellphone load theft.

Many people have experienced loading up their phones with loads of 30 to 300 pesos, only to find out minutes later that their balance are near zero or, worse, zilch. Hindi naman tayo nagtext o tumawag, pero bigla na lang naglahong parang bula ang ating load.

Yes, someone or something is stealing prepaid load. There's no explanation offered by the telcos about it, except to blame the hapless subscriber that he may have "inadvertedly" or "unwittingly" activated certain services, resulting in the loss of prepaid load. Kasalanan na naman daw natin.

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