00:00This holiday season is also the time to send money through e-wallets and digital banks.
00:07That's why the public is reminded to be careful and to be vigilant in the case of so-called spoofing scams.
00:17JMPineda of IBC 13 will tell you what it is.
00:21In the past few years, certified scammers have also become high-tech.
00:30In fact, they are now countering your digital banks.
00:35Digital banking and e-wallets are now popular for cashless payments and electronic savings.
00:41But now, scammers are using text blasters or spoofing scams.
00:48Last week, the post about the scamming incident on GoTime app went viral on social media.
00:54One of the victims is Alyas Mia.
00:57Around 5pm on December 20, she received a text message from GoTime Bank about her cashback.
01:04In a hurry, she clicked the link included in the text.
01:08From there, Alyas Mia received almost all of her savings from GoTime Bank, which also reached Php 200,000.
01:15I was shocked.
01:17That's how I felt. I felt cold and shocked.
01:21I have been saving for four years and it will be gone in four minutes.
01:25I am saving so that I can save at home, if ever, for emergency funds and for my travel.
01:35Now, the Central Bank of the Philippines is waiting for the explanation of GoTime Bank.
01:40The Philippine Scam Watch has called on telecommunication companies to stop using text scams like the one received by Mia.
01:47If possible, when it comes to SMS marketing, let's not put a link.
01:52So that we can say that SMS is used by organized scammers to deceive, to get into their phishing scams.
02:03Millions of victims of scams in the whole Philippines.
02:07That number is not a joke.
02:09That's why we should learn to have a two-way authentication security.
02:12And we should have a snubber sometimes so that you won't get what you suffered.
02:21And that was the story of JM Peneda from IBC.
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