October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month. Here’s how to stay safe from scams

Associated Press 10/20/2024

NEW YORK (AP) — October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month, which means it’s the perfect time to learn how to protect yourself from scams. “Scams have become so sophisticated now. Phishing emails, texts, spoofing caller ID, all of…

Online shopping scams: How to avoid them

Tyrone Jasper C. Piad 12/03/2023

MANILA — With the advent of online shopping, buying Christmas gifts has become more convenient nowadays, as Filipino consumers just click “add to cart” items they want including clothes, food and even gadgets. According to a survey…

Online scams you should avoid during Kalag-Kalag

11/02/2023

Online scams are expected to thrive during Kalag-Kalag, the time when we go out to visit and remember our loved ones who have departed. However, this is also the time when we must be wary of online…

Authorities: Be careful on booking reservations online

Morexette Marie B. Erram 04/11/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Summer is on and local authorities here urge travelers that when they book their reservations online, they should do so directly with the establishment. The local government of Santa Fe and the Police…

How to avoid falling prey into online travel scams

Morexette Marie B. Erram 04/11/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The COVID-19 pandemic may have already waned but its impact left long-lasting effects on how we live, including how we travel. After almost three years in lockdown, everyone is in the mood for…

PRO-7 chief tells public: Report scams to police before posting online

Pegeen Maisie Sararana 11/14/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The top official of the Police Regional Office in Central Visayas (PRO-7) is reminding the public to report scams to authorities rather than post them on social media.  Police Brigadier General Roderick Augustus…

PART 2: Travel and tourism in a post-pandemic era: The sunny and dark side  

Morexette Marie B. Erram 10/10/2022

This is the conclusion of a two-part special report on scammers targeting small tourism players in Cebu. Read the first part by clicking this link.   Overpayment scams, particularly cheque-based overpayment scams, are among the most common types…

Online scams and the elderly

Randy David - @inquirerdotnet 09/04/2022

We who were born in the age of passbooks and real bank tellers will never feel at home in the world of digital banking and automated teller machines (ATMs). This is not a Luddite resistance to all…

4 Nigerians nabbed for falsifying gov’t IDs, others docs

Mary Rose Sagarino, Paul Lauro 06/14/2022

MANDAUE CITY, Philippines — Four Nigerian nationals were arrested by agents of the National Bureau of Investigation Cebu Division Office (NBI CEBDO) for allegedly falsifying government IDs and other documents to be used allegedly for online scams.…

Cybercrimes still a big problem in Region 7 — authorities

Vhenna Maria Mantilla 03/29/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines –- Cybercrimes remain to be a major concern for the Central Visayas Anti-Cybercrime Unit, authorities say. The internet is today’s most democratic place, which allows the formation of a new field in gaining both…

Women, minors told to avoid scams in social media – CIDG-7 chief

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararaña 11/05/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — There were no reported and monitored pornography and love scam activities in Central Visayas but the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG-7) appeals to the public, especially women and minors to be careful…

Netizens warned against identity theft, other cyber crimes

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 11/25/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Maria (not her real name), a 20-year-old from Cebu City, has not been able to sleep for days after she received threats from a social media account using her name and threatening to…

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