#SMS scams

Globe has partnered with government agencies to strengthen efforts against mobile-based scams, introducing new tools designed to detect illegal signal activity across the country. These are often used by cybercriminals to send fraudulent SMS messages directly to users, bypassing traditional network safeguards and making them harder to detect. The initiative builds on Globe’s existing anti-scam measures, including blocking clickable links in person-to-person SMS and launching its SMS Scam Shield feature on the GlobeOne app. Globe, NTC, CICC, CIDG deploy IMSI catcher detectors to fight mobile scamsGlobe said the partnership reflects a broader effort to ensure that digital connectivity in the Philippines remains safe and secure. While cellular service are being slowly restored in typhoon Yolanda affected areas in the Visayas (specifically Samar, Leyte and Cebu), all the national carriers have banded together to offer free local and international SMS to subscribers in those areas. For Smart and Sun, all subscribers within the covered areas will automatically receive the free SMS allocation every day. Here's a similar release sent to us by Globe Telecom: To help the communities severely affected by Super Typhoon Yolanda, the country’s three mobile phone operators -- Globe Telecom, Smart Communications, and Sun Cellular are jointly offering 25 free SMS per day for five days that may be used for local and international messages. Read more in our articles including "Globe, NTC, CICC, CIDG deploy IMSI catcher detectors to fight mobile scams" and "Smart, Sun & Globe offer 25 free SMS per day to Visayas victims".