Warning of heightened cybercrime activity during the Christmas season, the Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating Center (CICC) on Monday, Nov. 17, rolled out its nationwide Holiday Watch PH 2025 campaign to raise public vigilance against the Top 12 Scams of Christmas. CICC Executive Director...
Mandaluyong City Mayor Menchie Abalos on Wednesday, Nov. 12, could not hide her dismay following the discovery of forged documents containing the city 's official logo and template being used to scam people of their money. "Nakarating sa ating opisina ang walang pahintulot na paggamit ng ating...
BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s military has shut down a major online scam operation near the border with Thailand, detaining more than 2,000 people and seizing dozens of Starlink satellite internet terminals, state media reported Monday. Myanmar is notorious for hosting cyberscam operations...
BACOLOD CITY – Mayor Greg Gasataya warned the public after a scammer impersonating him attempted to defraud a local business recently. The city government, on Monday, Sept. 15, said an unidentified man pretending to be Gasataya called a local seafood restaurant and ordered food for a visiting...
A 41-year-old man was arrested by the Philippine National Police Anti-Cybercrime Group (PNP-ACG) for selling ATM cards which are being used in scams and illegal transactions in Barangay Malanday, Marikina City on Sunday, Aug. 17. The suspect was identified as alias Meng, who was placed under...
The United States (US) Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has sanctioned Funnull Technology Inc., a Philippines-based firm, and its Chinese administrator Liu Lizhi, for facilitating massive virtual currency investment scams known as “pig butchering.” These...
CEBU CITY – A multi-agency task force has been created to look into reports of suspected online scam operations happening here. The task force is composed of the Business Permit and Licensing Office, Philippine National Police (PNP), National Bureau of Investigation, Department of Information and...
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) and state-run Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. (PAGCOR) on Monday both issued alerts against scammers on instant messaging sites as well as social media. In a statement, the BSP warned against fraudulent Viber messages using the photo of Deputy Governor...
Senator Grace Poe urged relevant government agencies and stakeholders to develop innovative solutions to the persisting problem of call and text scams. This, as Poe raised concern over the "dramatic increase" in scam calls during the first quarter of 2025 despite the existence of the SIM Card...
Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte (Rep. Villafuerte's office) Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep LRay Villafuerte believes newly-installed Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT)...
Malacañang has called on banks and financial institutions in the country to strengthen their cybersecurity policies following a reported increase in cyberattacks that resulted in P5.8 billion in losses last year. Communications Undersecretary Claire Castro (RTVM) Communications Undersecretary...
San Miguel Corporation (SMC) Chairman and CEO Ramon S. Ang (left), and International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI) Chairman Enrique K. Razon Jr. (right) Top Philippine business leaders have warned the public about a surge in sophisticated online investment scams that falsely use...
