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OFW Forum  Jun Concepcion The COVID-19 pandemic may be easing in the Philippines and elsewhere, but online scammers are oblivious as they appear to be stepping up their bid to cheat  overseas Filipinos. Numerous investment offers are being made online to overseas Filipinos to lure them into...

EDITORS DESK Art Samaniego While it looks like senior citizens are often a target for cybercriminals, the truth is, bad guys are randomly looking for people they could scam online. Cybercriminals do not discriminate based on race, religion, nationality, color, gender, sexual orientation, social...

Editorial The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has forced millions of Filipinos to shelter at home and harness the power of the internet for work, education, entertainment, and shopping for both necessities and “retail therapy.” With so many people going online for the first time, e-commerce has seen...

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) on Monday, July 19, asked its employees to be "extra vigilant" and not to fall prey to scammers posing as agency officials. (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) The DSWD issued the stern warning after one of its employees in Agusan del Sur reported to...

Despite government efforts to shut them down, there are now even more investment scams sprouting to victimize the unwitting public seeking to find more active ways to grow their hard-earned cash other than park these funds in the bank.  The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has been on...