u/Life_Sherbert_995

Interesting case from the Dutch TV show Kees van der Spek Ontmaskert, a well-known detective/anti-scam program in the Netherlands.

In the latest episode, they tracked down a Filipina scammer who pretended to be an American film producer named “Andrea Parker”. An 86-year-old Dutch woman reportedly lost around ₱2.8 million after being promised her book would be republished and turned into a movie.

The show claims the woman was living in a newly built house allegedly paid for with scam money. When confronted on camera by Dutch investigator Kees van der Spek, she eventually admitted she was behind the fake account.

The elderly victim reportedly lost more than ₱20 million total through multiple online scams over the years and is now struggling financially.

What makes it even crazier is that she will likely not be arrested, because according to the program there is no official police report/filed case from the elderly victim herself.

YT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8v9YPsSDF2Y
Link: https://www.rtl.nl/boulevard/artikel/5602789/tante-van-susanne-jarenlang-opgelicht-kees-van-der-spek-ontmaskert

Saw this Dutch news report about Manila Bay / Bulacan area and didn’t expect it to be this bad.

The Dutch (basically the world’s top experts when it comes to water management) were looking at the area, and even they were shocked.

We always hear about sea level rise, but apparently the bigger problem right now is that the land itself is sinking, and fast. Like more than 1 cm per month in some places (Masantol).

It’s mostly because of groundwater extraction (for drinking water, fish farms, industry), so the soil just keeps compacting and dropping. Sea level rise is still happening too, but much slower, so this is kind of the main issue right now.

What’s crazy is how visible it already is. Roads keep getting raised, houses are basically turning into basements, and some areas flood almost daily. There was even a barber shop where you now have to walk down to enter because the street got raised so many times.

Apparently this was already known like 15+ years ago, but nothing really changed because of politics and funding issues. Now even relocation areas are starting to flood again.

They’re basically calling it a preview of what could happen in other coastal areas too.

Makes you wonder how long people can actually keep living there like this.

YT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbWDkmEd9mY