Whoscall, the caller-ID & anti-scam mobile app, developed by Gogolook Philippines, convened its first Anti-Scam Community Meet-Up at The Globe Tower in Bonifacio Global City, signaling a new era of collaboration between the public and private sectors in the fight against digital scams. Held in...
CEBU CITY – A man was arrested for his alleged involvement in a multi-million fuel scam. Agents of the National Bureau Investigation-Central Visayas (NBI-7) arrested the suspect in an entrapment operation inside a mall in Mandaue City, Cebu on Monday afternoon, Aug. 3. The suspect is a resident...
The Office of the Vice President (OVP) and Department of Education 's (DepEd) questionable use of its P612.5-million confidential funds under Vice President Sara Duterte is a scam similar to the multi-million peso corruption scandals in the country 's history. Private prosecutor Lorna...
The Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating Center (CICC) on Friday, July 31, warned the public about scammers impersonating the agency through fake Facebook accounts and other social media pages to lure netizens into paying bogus fees to recover money they have already lost. The agency recently...
Police arrested a man in Quezon City after he allegedly threatened to leak an intimate video of a 22‑year‑old woman he met online following their motel encounter. The suspect, identified only as alias "JC," 36, was nabbed on July 27 by operatives of the Talipapa Police Station in front of a...
GENEVA (AP) — The U.N. 's migration agency is warning that criminal networks have been trafficking hundreds of thousands of people — many of them educated English speakers — to work in online scam centers, and the caseload is growing. The International Organization for Migration says...
The Office of the Executive Secretary (OES) has warned the public against individuals and groups falsely presenting themselves as authorized representatives of government programs under the Local Government Support Fund (LGSF) and the Socio-Civic Projects Fund (SCPF). In an advisory issued on...
The central bank has warned the public against fraudulent online schemes that illegally use the identity of Monetary Board Member Benjamin E. Diokno to solicit donations for fake charitable causes. The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) reported that unauthorized individuals and syndicates have...
A 31-year-old man who allegedly posed as a Taiwanese national and scammed a woman of ₱3 million was arrested after an AirTag in her handbag led police to his residence in Barangay Payatas, Quezon City, early Thursday, July 23. The suspect, identified only as alias “Mic,” allegedly contacted...
A 40-year-old man was arrested in Mexico, Pampanga, on Monday night, July 20, after allegedly duping 1,700 overseas jobseekers by claiming that only a “few slots” remained for jobs abroad. Operatives of the Quezon City Police District (QCPD) Project 4 Station served a warrant for syndicated...
Victims of certain unauthorized digital transactions in the country could soon see their money returned, as banks and e-wallet providers face new potential obligations to reimburse account holders following the expiration of the fraud-prevention deadlines. One year since the Anti-Financial Account...
Organized criminal syndicates have proved resilient in the face of regulatory shifts in the Philippines, reinventing their operations to avoid shutdowns after a government purge dismantled many of their once-flourishing cyber scam hubs. When the Philippines was grappling to survive through the end...
