Two brothers who allegedly sold used and defective items online at high prices under a fake name were arrested in an entrapment operation on Thursday, Aug. 18, in Barangay Sagad, Pasig City. The Eastern District Anti-Cybercrime Team (EDACT)’s report identified the suspects as Jester Sula Benito,...
Mobile phone (Unsplash) The Department of Health (DOH) urged the public to remain vigilant and avoid dealing with scammers pretending to be officials of the agency. "The said scam will start off as a random number posing as a DOH official and will then solicit favors in acquiring gift cards," the...
Re-electionist Senator Richard Gordon on Monday called on banks to enforce tighter online security to prevent hackers from stealing from clients’ accounts. Gordon, who chairs the Senate Committee on Justice and Human Rights, said banks should be more proactive in keeping their customers’ trust...
• Online is now the normal place to do business, meet friends, buy things for everyday needs, and yes, to indulge in leisure too. • It’s also where people out to do a simple scam now roam • Beware of very friendly person...
A netizen fell victim to an online scam and lost about P18,000. (Unsplash) In a Facebook post, Ice Idanan shared how she was scammed by an online bike shop. Idanan said they were supposed to buy a hospital bed for her mom and saw one worth P5,000 posted in an online shopping network. The seller...
EDITORS DESK A famous doctor's Facebook account was used by cybercriminals to solicit funds for a supposedly sick relative, a well-known religious leader. The doctor's friends trusted that he messaged them on FB Messenger and sent money without verifying. His account was taken over because he...
The Philippines should join the growing list of countries mandating the registration of pre-paid subscriber identity module (SIM) cards to put an end to the prevalence of deceptive modus and online scams, Senator Sherwin Gatchalian said on Wednesday. “Hangga’t walang batas na magpaparusa sa mga...
