Beware of ATM scams, budol-budol Cebu City cop warns public

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararaña 11/12/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City police warn the public against ATM scams online and offline and budol-budol acts on the streets. Police Lieutenant Colonel Wilbert Parilla, deputy city director for administration of the Cebu City Police…

Manhunt ongoing for masterminds of credit card phishing in Cebu City 

Morexette Marie B. Erram and Paul Lauro 11/23/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Another fraudulent activity in Cebu was recently reported before authorities, and this time, it involved credit cards. The National Bureau of Investigation in Central Visayas (NBI-7) is conducting a manhunt against two individuals…

NBI-7 in search of two women with possible knowledge on P900K ATM scam in Cebu City

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 10/28/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines—The National Bureau of Investigation in Central Visayas (NBI-7) is looking for two women who may have knowledge about a possible Automatic Teller Machine (ATM) scam that happened  inside a mall here last February 23,…

OFW falls victim to ATM scam

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 11/23/2016

CEBU CITY—A 47-year-old overseas Filipino worker (OFW) who fell victim to an automated teller machine (ATM) scam, went to the office of Cebu City Councilor Dave Tumulak on Wednesday. Eniel Ybañez, a resident of Barangay Lutopan in…

GOTCHA!

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Jose Santino S. Bunachita 11/22/2016

A woman, who was arrestedwith two others for pickpocketing inside a mall in Cebu City last Monday, turned out to be a suspect in the series of unauthorized withdrawals from automated teller machines (ATM). Marlyn Roque, 42,…

Tumulak holds banks accountable, Bankers’ Club assures victims of help

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Inna Mejia 11/21/2016

Following a string of unauthorized automated teller machine (ATM) withdrawals in Cebu by still unidentified scam artists, a member of the Cebu City Council, who was himself a victim, is now drafting a law that will require…

Police now after ATM scam suspect

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 11/18/2016

CEBU CITY–A man who looks like a foreigner is now being hunted by the police over his alleged involvement in the automated teller machine (ATM) scams. “We’re looking into the rogues gallery of the the anti-cybercrime unit…

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