BAD actors, many foreign-funded, have so far amassed “millions of dollars” from Filipino victims who fell prey to the text scams of late, an official from the Department of Information and Communications Technology said on Tuesday.
Her agency, she noted, has started the ball rolling for prosecution, but so far, none have been arrested for the scams. The recent wave of scammers promise unknowing victims of jobs or money in exchange for personal and financial data. Another form of text scams involve online gambling deals. Some senior citizens who were also addressed by their names, reported getting notices of “allowance” for the elderly, and were advised to click on to a certain “link” to enroll in the aid program.
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