The holiday season saw a decline in reports of online scams, which the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) attributed to increased awareness raised by the organization's efforts to stop online scams. Photo credit to Unsplash. "Based on the reports from our hotline 1326,...
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is warning the public against dealing with three unlicensed businesses who have been soliciting unauthorized investments online. The SEC released advisories on its investigations of the entities identified as 888 Partners Corp. Budgetarian Online Shop,...
Ayala-led Globe Telecom Inc. has blocked 2.59 billion spam and scam messages as of end-September 2023, in compliance with the National Telecommunications Commission's (NTC) directive to protect customers' data from fraudulent activities. Aside from blocking spam and scam texts, the company...
The Senate has approved on second reading the bill that will provide safety mechanisms for all stakeholders involved in e-commerce. Sen. Mark Villar, chairperson of the Committee on Trade, Commerce, and Entrepreneurship, shepherds the passage of Senate Bill No. 1846 (SBN 1846) or the Internet...
Law enforcement authorities should impose stiffer penalties against individuals who would be caught selling registered subscriber identity modules (SIMs) that are eventually used in various cybercrime activities. Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian made the call following the revelation of...
Senator Christopher "Bong" Go on Friday, August 25 called on the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and other concerned agencies to ensure the full implementation of the Consumer Act and protect consumers against buying counterfeit products that have proliferated in the market. Sen....
Senator Grace Poe has called on the Senate to investigate why text scams continued to proliferate even after the enactment into law of the SIM Registration Act. Sen. Grace Poe (Senate PRIB Photo) Poe said the Upper Chamber should also look into its possible link into the reported use...
Senator Joseph Victor “JV” Ejercito on Friday, August 4 said his son fell victim to scammers even after the government strengthened the fight against text scams by mandating the registration of all Subscriber Identity Modules (SIM) cards through the SIM Registration Act. Because of...
BAGUIO CITY – Complaints against the operators, including account managers of the alleged casino junket scam group Team Z, tagged to have carted away at least P4 billion worth of investments” from this city alone, have flooded the National Bureau of Investigation-Cordillera. The complainants...
Senator Grace Poe, chairperson of the Senate public services committee, on Wednesday, July 26,  said authorities can now train their sights on running after scammers who continue to defraud the public using the subscriber identity module (SIM) of mobile phones.      ...
The Senate will monitor if the automatic deactivation of non-registered Subscriber Identity Modules (SIMs) could help address and contribute to reducing, if not eliminating, text scams and other cyber-related crimes, Senate Majority Leader Joel Villanueva on Wednesday, July 12, said....
President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. warned the public against the scams associated with the use of artificial intelligence (AI). President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. delivers his speech during the 85th anniversary celebration of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in Makati City on...
