“The good thing is that the NTC managed to block a lot of SIM cards and prevented spamming and scamming from happening,” he added. “But text scams pretending to be messages sent by banks and e-wallets persist,” Hontiveros lamented. To prevent fraudulent registration, Gatchalian said the NTC required mobile phone users to upload live selfie pictures to validate their SIM cards. Public advisoriesThe DICT earlier reported an increase in scam messages that now imitate legitimate advisories from popular e-wallet services such as GCash and Maya. Remember: Think before you click to avoid falling victim to text scams,” she said.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer November 21, 2024 05:02 UTC