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Fewer scam text messages are being reported in the Philippines, but scammers seem to be shifting their tactics to focus more on phone call fraud, a report by an anti-scam app reveals. According to trust tech Gogolook, which developed the anti- ...

Bad actors are now impersonating some of the Philippines' most trusted conglomerates, including the Gokongwei Group, to swindle Filipinos out of their hard-earned money through fake cryptocurrency schemes. The Gokongwei Group has sounded the alarm after discovering that its president and ...

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In the past weeks, Filipinos have been complaining of a barrage of text messages they were receiving from multiple numbers. When we investigated the spam texts, we discovered that it was an elaborate phishing scheme to steal your bank details. On November ...

There are at least five strangers texting me about a "job opportunity" that could pay as much as P50,000 a month. All of the texts had a similar format, with a link that takes you down a rabbit hole you don' ...

The so-called SIM swap scam is making a comeback and you should know what it is so you can be better prepared. On Sunday (October 31), Globe Telecom Inc. issued a warning to the public about the resurgence of the mobile ...

We all think we know better than to fall prey to scammers looking to make an easy buck, but the reality is that even the best of us can still sometimes get hooked by seemingly legitimate investment opportunities. On Monday, the Philippine ...

Suck at money? Congrats. You're part of the 99 percent of people in their 20s floundering when it comes to finance. Adulting is hard, and money is harder-especially when it's your own and not your parents. My Two Cents ...

There's no shortage of people willing to help the victims of the most recent typhoons. Time and again, Filipinos have dug deep and offered assistance to those hardest hit by the natural disasters not just in the form of relief goods, ...

If you spent the past weekend engulfed in either one of the Fyre Festival documentaries available on streaming platforms Netflix and Hulu, then the question 'Where is Billy McFarland now?' may already have crossed your mind.The rivaling documentaries both recount how ...