Naitalang text scams, bumaba sa unang quarter ng 2025 ayon sa CICC; mga scam gamit ang tawag, tinututukan

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00:00According to the Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating Center, tech scams are decreasing in the first half of the year.

00:08This is because the scammers are now transferring their calls from texts because they are now being detected in texts.

00:17Rod Lagusan is in the center of the news. Yes, Rod.

00:21Angelique, we can see that the number of tech scams is decreasing while the number of scam calls is increasing in the first quarter of 2025.

00:30Based on the data from the GoGolok WhosCall app,

00:33a trusted firm of the Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating Center,

00:38the number of SMS scams is around 600,000 in the first quarter of 2025.

00:44This is lower by 68.83% compared to more than 2 million in the fourth quarter of 2024.

00:51From more than 200 scam calls in the fourth quarter of 2024,

00:55this number increased by 74.32% from more than 350,000 scam calls in the first quarter of 2025.

01:03According to the CICC Executive Director Undersecretary Alexander Ramos,

01:08there is a shift from texts to calls because they are now being detected and are now being blocked.

01:14Through calls, they can see that more people can be scammed.

01:18Aside from local, there are also international calls that are used here.

01:22Ramos explained that he does not use regular phone numbers but an instant messaging app.

01:27He uses pre-existing numbers before the SIM registration app that he sold, bought, or hacked.

01:34This is what the CICC is doing to increase the number of scams.

01:38Okay, thank you very much, Rod Lagusan.

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