By PRINCE GOLEZ
Manila Reporter
MANILA — Have you been tricked into sending load credits to anonymous numbers?
The National Telecommunications Commission and private telecommunication companies have been told to maximize their efforts in putting an end to text scamming.
Sen. Lito Lapid, author of Senate Resolution No. 855, said he wants to know how text scammers got the mobile phone numbers of their victims.
In spite of warnings from telecommunication providers, many — especially postpaid users — are still victimized by text scams, Lapid lamented.
“There is an urgent need to address this matter and dig deeper into a possible breach of security and privacy to put a halt on the misuse of personal date of mobile subscribers,” said the senator.
A more concrete plan of action is needed to guard innocent mobile phone users against swindlers, said Lapid.
In a related development, a local telecommunication company has released an advisory warning its customers against fake “Share-A-Load transactions.”
Text scams usually come from a sender who uses an 11-digit number, the company said.
It warned that if a text message asks a sender to send an amount, say P100, to a mobile phone number that starts with 2, it is a load-sharing procedure./PN
