Over 5,000 Australians received warnings via text from the Australian Federal Police (AFP), cautioning them of a romance scam ...

The Presidential Anti-Organizer Crime Commission (PAOCC) on Friday said it is collaborating with foreign counterparts ...

The syndicate reportedly extorted victims by approving quick loans and then using personal information for harassment, the AFP reports. The operation is part of a nationwide crackdown on online crime ...

Authorities have texted more than 5000 potential victims in Australia to warn they may have been targeted by romance scammers based in the ...

A new Al Jazeera documentary advances claims that Alice Guo, a former Philippine mayor ... of a Senate investigation into online gaming and scam operations. Alice Guo is the subject of a Senate ...

It estimates the industry employs half a million workers, including 15,000 in the Philippines, who were recruited mainly via social media and were then forced to carry out scams, facing torture if ...

MANILA, Philippines — Cyber scammers on social media must be prevented by amending the SIM Card Registration Law or enacting new legislation, according to the Cybercrime Investigation and ...

Mr Pang was a victim of cyber criminals operating what appears to be a scam hub somewhere in the country, Philippine National Police Anti-Cybercrime Group spokeswoman Wallen Mae Arancillo told ST.

In 2024, the global anti-scam app Whoscall recorded 6,157,517 text scam messages in the Philippines. Its developer Gogolook reported that the fourth quarter of 2024 registered the highest number ...

The current president "does not want the Philippines to be painted as a 'scam hub'", said Casio, and he has given the authorities "a directive to go after scam farms because of how they have been ...