50 Pinoy Calungsod devotees in Australia lose P11M to fake travel agency



Some 50 Filipinos based in Australia nearly lost P11 million to a fake travel agency that was supposed to arrange a trip for them to Rome for the canonization of Blessed Pedro Calungsod on October 21.

According to a report on Radyo Mo Nationwide on Friday, after being duped, many of the pilgrims had to shell out the equivalent another P214,000 for plane tickets that would bring them to Rome and back to Australia.
 
Quoting Margarita Maria Matheu, secretary of the Cebu-based Calungsod Committee secretariat, the report said the victims learned that they were not scheduled for any flight when they went to the airport to get their tickets.
 
Many of the pilgrims plan to pursue charges against the travel agency upon their return, the report added.
 
A separate report on Bombo Radyo said the pilgrims lost as much as P11 million to the travel agency.
 
The Bombo Radyo report said the victims included doctors based in Australia who wanted to witness the canonization of Calungsod this Sunday.
 
It also quoted Matheu as saying the duped devotees eventually managed to arrive in Italy safely. - VVP, GMA News

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