00:00The Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission is warning against the spread of love scams and online lending apps.
00:10According to Paok, it's possible that the people behind the scams are former POGO operators.
00:16This is what Christian Basconez has to say.
00:20To get rid of the love scams, the Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission is investigating the illegal operation of online scams and online lending apps.
00:32According to Paok, the target of love scams are men above the age of 35 who are usually businessmen or retired from work.
00:39Love scammers are monitoring the social media accounts of their target victims.
00:45They are the ones who need attention or emotional support.
00:49That's why they are looking for love.
00:52What they want to victimize is, number one, they need to be retired.
00:57They are above the age of 35.
01:00They need to have a business.
01:02In social media, we put it in relation, status, complicated, single.
01:10Then we also have, for example, sadness.
01:13They study the emojis, what we put.
01:19Many people are losing their minds because of online harassment, like online lending.
01:25That's why Paok is speeding up the shutdown of online lending applications.
01:30The status of the scammers is, before the loan is approved, they need to surrender their phone contacts and photo gallery when they are borrowing money.
01:38If they fail to pay, they will use these materials to harass the borrower.
01:44Before they approve your loan, one of the agreements is you have to surrender your contacts and your gallery.
01:55Your photo gallery and video gallery.
01:59Paok reminds everyone to be extra careful when using online applications or online links.
02:06Especially those that are too good to be true, or offers that are not credible.
02:11Christian Vascones for Pambansang TV in Bacong, Philippines.
