Public told: Ignore text scams; aggregators, contact tracing unlikely sources of smishing | Image from Pexels
THE government and telecommunication companies in the Philippines called on the public Wednesday, September 7, 2022, not to fall victim to “smishing,” as they assured that they are doing everything to trace the sources of these fraudulent messages.
Lawyer Michael Santos, chief of Complaints and Investigation Division of the National Privacy Commission , said in a webinar on Wednesday, September 7, that based on their investigation, data aggregators contracted by telcos and contact tracing apps are “unlikely” to be the sources of these unsolicited, personalized text messages.
Such transmission is usually coursed through a telecommunication company’s regular network and does not pass through data aggregators, he said. But Santos said the text messages being sent nowadays only use the first name and surname initial. “Sa contact tracing, ang dami nyang alam, so magtataka ka kung bakit ganito lang. This is automated.”
“This is phone to phone... Hindi ganun kadali. May tech dito na involved. Kailangan ang tulungan ng government and telcos to pinpoint who are behind this,” he said. “This is a shared fight against cybercrime. Kailangan nating magtulungan laban sa mga scams na ito,” Almeda said.
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