ICYMI: Senator JV Ejercito’s son fell victim to scammers at a time government is strengthening its fight against text fraud by mandating the registration of all SIM cards.
“Mukhang inside job eh ,” he said, noting that the scammer knows all information about his son, like his birthday and house address.“Nung nabigyan s’ya ng credit card after nun may mga tumawag na sa kanya, asking for information. Ang nakapatagtaka, alam n’ya ‘yung info eh kaya sabi kong inside job. Alam ‘yung mga background lahat,” Ejercito sid.
Ejercito said the fraud was already reported to the cybercrime division of the National Bureau of Investigation.The senator mentioned the incident when asked about the vast confidential and intelligence funds proposal in the 2024 national budget for certain government offices like the Department of Information and Communications Technology .If the DICT would use the budget for anti-fraud, then the request would be justifiable, Ejercito said.Your subscription has been successful.
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