He is believed to be one of the country’s biggest text scam operator who, according to the agency, has amassed a total of Php100 million worth of credits from numerous victims. Smart Communications has announced that the company is currently in talks with GSM Association regarding a service that would heighten the telco’s effort against SMS spams and scams. Globe Telecoms and Smart Communications have issued a warning to the public about a new scam that involves receiving SMS and voice calls from an anonymous person asking for ransom and claiming that one of the subscriber’s loved ones were kidnapped. There's a lot of new text scam going around but this one I just got this afternoon targets postpaid subscribers. Here's the screenshot of the text message being sent. Anyone else encountered this kind of scam before? Every now and then, we'd get this seemingly random text messages about a supposed relative checking in on us and updating us with her new number -- "kamusta na kyo dyan? A lot of people still fall for this kind of scams (see how they make money out of this here). Read more in our articles including "NBI Arrested Alleged PH’s “Text Scam King”" and "Smart taps GSMA to improve security against spam".
He is believed to be one of the country’s biggest text scam operator who, according to the agency, has amassed a total of Php100 million worth of credits from numerous victims. Smart Communications has announced that the company is currently in talks with GSM Association regarding a service that would heighten the telco’s effort against SMS spams and scams.
Globe Telecoms and Smart Communications have issued a warning to the public about a new scam that involves receiving SMS and voice calls from an anonymous person asking for ransom and claiming that one of the subscriber’s loved ones were kidnapped. There's a lot of new text scam going around but this one I just got this afternoon targets postpaid subscribers. Here's the screenshot of the text message being sent.
Our coverage of text scam includes: "NBI Arrested Alleged PH’s “Text Scam King”"; "Smart taps GSMA to improve security against spam"; "Telcos warn subscribers about new Text Scam". Each article provides unique insights and information.