DAVAO CITY – Davao City Rep. Paolo Duterte issued on Monday, March 17, a stern warning to the public after a Viber account was recently activated using his personal number without his consent. DUTERTE "It has come to my attention that a Viber account using my personal number has just been...
(Shared by Pampanga 2nd district Rep. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo's official Facebook page) Don't fall for this fake Facebook account of former president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. This dubious account was the subject of a "scam alert" Thursday...
The Department of Health (DOH) warned the public on Thursday, April 18, regarding a misleading social media post offering free medical insurance. Photo from DOH It said the circulating post is “false and deceptive.” The DOH also highlighted that the social media page promoting free medical...
TACLOBAN CITY – A woman from Calbayog City, Samar was arrested on Tuesday, Jan. 31, for impersonating Gandara, Samar Mayor Warren Aguilar to scam money from individuals. The suspect was identified as Nicole Jann Babagay from Barangay San Policarpo. Reports disclosed that Babagay created a fake...
Singer-actress Toni Gonzaga alerted followers to a social media impostor supposedly asking money on her behalf. In a series of posts, she reiterated that the Facebook page "Celestine Gonzaga-Soriano" is not an official account. She then asked followers, "If you could kindly report also. Maraming...
The Las Pinas City government advised motorists, who are using public or private roads as alternative routes to ease or decongest traffic along the main thoroughfares in the city, not to deal with unscrupulous persons selling fake friendship route stickers. The city government issued the advisory...
UniTeam Senate bet Mark Villar has clarified that the now-defunct @SecMarkVillar account on Twitter was a fake account impersonating him. Screenshot of the deleted account's post (Photo from Mark Villar FB Page) “This is to inform everyone that the Twitter account named "Mark Villar"...
Joshua Garcia and Ria Atayde have, once again, made an effort to correct wrong interpretation about their closeness. This, after a fake Facebook account, claiming to be Joshua's "official" page, posted a photo of them looking cozy, captioning it: "Ikaw ang aking liwanag. (heart emoji)" On...
A fake Land Transportation Office (LTO) Facebook account has allegedly been charging victims up to P6,500 for the processing of driver's licenses. (Photo from LTO Facebook page) The LTO warned the public about the activities of this bogus account Wednesday, June 2 and told them not to perform...
Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Secretary Silvestre Bello III has sought the National Bureau of Investigation's (NBI) help in tracing the individuals behind a fake Facebook account bearing his name. (Photo from DOLE) Information provided by DOLE on Sunday, May 23, showed that the...
