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...
(Courtesy of Office of Civil Defense) The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) strongly denounced the “inappropriate” use of the Emergency Cell Broadcast System (ECBS) for political campaigning by some candidates in the upcoming elections. OCD Administrator, Undersecretary Ariel Nepomuceno said the...
Senator Grace Poe has called for a review of the SIM Registration Law as the number of spam and scam messages surge again even after President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s directive formally banning the Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators or POGOs. Poe said it is imperative that lawmakers grill...
Palace Press Officer and Communications Undersecretary Claire Castro is pushing to make the registration of SIM cards onsite instead of online amid perceived loopholes in the law that supposedly allow the resurgence of text scams. File photos In a press briefing in Malacañan on Thursday, Feb. 27,...
(Unsplash) It's that time of the year again when scammers are active, aplenty, and out to dupe people out of their hard-earned cash. As such, Navotas City lone district Rep. Toby Tiangco warned the public to be wary about increasingly...
Have you received text alerts from the Social Security System (SSS) regarding benefit claims or expiring contribution payments? Please be cautious, as those messages are fake. On Thursday, July 18, SSS issued a warning to its members and the public to remain vigilant against deceptive...
The Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating Center (CICC) issued a public alert on Wednesday, June 26, following the detection of a new wave of short message service (SMS) or text scams targeting motorists with records of traffic violations. Photo from Pixabay It urged the public to disregard SMS...
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...
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 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...
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.      ...
