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Text scams have shifted to online apps, Globe warns (www.philstar.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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MANILA, Philippines — Mobile giant Globe Telecom Inc. has warned that digital fraud is thriving in messaging channels and from overseas numbers, both of which are not covered by the regulations of SIM registration.

Globe will send representatives to the Sept. 5 hearing of the Senate on the proliferation of text scams and the reported use of SIMs for illegal operations.

Globe general counsel Froilan Castelo said that cases of online fraud, particularly text scams, remain prevalent in spaces unregulated by SIM registration.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Surprise surprise... Wasn't this the main thing the sim registration act was supposed to alleviate? Personally I still get the same amount of spam SMSs as before.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

The only spam I get is from globe, landers, and whatever other service has my phone number.

I don’t see any way to opt out of these messages, landers!!

I’ve been getting international spam for years that hasn’t changed.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I still get BDO phishing messages every week. The funny thing is, I don't even have a BDO account anymore.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I usually get gambling related SMSs, even though I never gamble. Not my vice at all, lol.