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...
President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. on Thursday, June 22, said that the country’s “best defense” against online scammers are “knowledgeable consumers” who are able to determine scam methods. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. (Photo from the Presidential Communications Office) In a...
Online job platform JobStreet by SEEK has warned job seekers against offers via messaging apps and other social media platforms, as these alternative way of finding employment opportunities have also become channels for fake job offers. “Our team’s mission doesn't just end in providing support...
The extension of the SIM card registration last April would serve as the “last chance” for scammers to register numbers and come up with new methods, Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) Secretary Ivan John Uy said on Tuesday, May 16. Subscriber Identity Module (SIM)...
A scourge of these tech-driven times, scam call centers have proliferated, like a viral infection that threatens not only to destroy a body, but intends to infect an entire society. Scam call centers do a myriad of illicit activities, usually implemented by people who were illegally recruited or...
The spread of text scams will be drastically reduced once the SIM Registration law is “fully implemented,” said Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) Undersecretary Anna Mae Lamentillo on Friday, March 17. In a “Laging Handa” public briefing, Lamentillo said the...
EDITORS DESK Warning! Cybercriminals are always out there looking for someone to scam. This Christmas, expect them to find creative ways to lure victims to believe that what they are presenting are legitimate business offers. To attract you, cybercriminals want you to think that the messages are...
The most wonderful time of the year need not be the most horrific, traumatic, and exhausting experience of your life, especially when you get the shock upon discovering that your credit card has already been “maxed out” with purchases that you didn’t do. It is this time of the year that the...
