Lotlot de Leon & John Arcilla share real-life encounters with scammers

Award-winning actors John Arcilla and Lotlot de Leon shared their experiences with scams, candidly discussing their unfortunate encounters.

- ROBERT REQUINTINA

John and Lotlot made the revelations during the grand media conference for the series 'Sins of the Father,' at Gateway 2 in Araneta City on June 13. The drama-action series premiered on ABS-CBN primetime on June 23.

'Noong 90s remember nauso yung pyramiding scam? Millions ang nawala sa family namin at ang nang scam sa amin is yung student ko. (Remember when the pyramiding scam was popular in the 90s? Our family lost millions, and the one who scammed us was my student),' said John.

He continued: 'Student ko siya sa acting so ang tawag niya sa parents ko ay nanay at tatay and sa mga siblings ko kuya at ate. Ganun siya ka close sa amin. (He was my acting student. So he called my parents 'Mom' and 'Dad,' and my siblings' 'Kuya' and 'Ate.') He was that close to us.)

'In fact ginamit niya yung acting niya sa amin. Buong barangay nila nakuha niya sa school. Pati classmates niya nabiktima niya. (In fact, he used his acting skills on us. He got their entire village and the school involved. He even victimized his classmates.)