A confidence trick is an attempt to defraud a person or group after first gaining their trust. Confidence tricks exploit victims using a combination of the victim's credulity, naïveté, compassion, vanity, confidence, irresponsibility, and greed. Researchers have defined confidence tricks as "a distinctive species of fraudulent conduct ... intending to further voluntary exchanges that are not mutually beneficial", as they "benefit con operators ('con men') at the expense of their victims (the 'marks')".
Beware of scammers the pretend to be LTO! (or any govt. agency or company)
Clicking and providing bank credentials can compromise your account.
Talamak ngayon ang ganyang text scams. Maging mapanuri at magingat sa mga text scams.
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4 unknown numbers called me in the last 4 hours. 3 missed kasi nag-charge pa aking phone (plus silent mode) and I rejected the latest one cause I have suspicions na scam yan.
Story by The Manila Times
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DICT asked to explain why text scams continue
Vivienne Gulla, ABS-CBN News
The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) was asked to explain why text scams continue even when millions have already registered their SIM cards.
Over 118 million subscribers have completed...
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