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Technology

How to use hotline 1326 and eGOVPH against fraud and fake news

March 22, 2025

News

Woman pleads guilty to plot to sell Elvis Presley's Graceland estate

February 26, 2025

News

Pokwang seeks help from NBI after scammer used her home address for bogus resort

February 25, 2025

Technology

Thai beauty queen loses 4 million baht after falling for AI-assisted scam

February 7, 2025

True Crime

Scammers use AI-generated conversations, fake profile pictures of women to lure victims into fraudulent crypto schemes

February 5, 2025

News

100 suspects arrested in online scam farm raid

February 1, 2025

Dating

France launches probe into AI Brad Pitt scam

January 18, 2025

Trending

Brad Pitt isn't messaging you, rep warns, after adoring fan scammed

January 16, 2025

Dating

Woman loses $850,000 to scammers posing as Brad Pitt

January 15, 2025

Celebrity

Three Thai celebrities among 18 arrested for huge fraud scheme

November 19, 2024

Money

BSP orders GCash to swiftly complete refunds to users affected by unauthorized deductions

November 11, 2024

Celebrity

Ricardo Cepeda turns emotional as he recalls spending 11 months in jail

September 24, 2024

Trending

Fake 'Brad Pitt' scams two women of over P20 million

September 24, 2024

News

Scam texts and calls in the Philippines grew by 200% in 2024: report

September 12, 2024

News

Interpol warns Philippine government about concert ticket scams in Singapore

September 11, 2024

Technology

New SMS scam uses clickable numeric links, hyperlink masking

August 5, 2024

Money

GCash template for sale goes viral. Here’s how to confirm if your transaction is legitimate

July 22, 2024

Oddities

Man discovers wife is actually a man trying to scam him out of money

May 28, 2024

News

MMDA warns public about 'No-Touch Arrest Penalty' text scams

May 6, 2024

True Crime

Woman loses almost P3 million to fake Elon Musk she met on Instagram

April 24, 2024

Concert

Thousands of Taylor Swift fans hit by UK ticket scams

April 17, 2024

Celebrity

Vice Ganda warns public about people pretending to be in her team: 'Wag magpapa-scam'

February 29, 2024

News

131 online scammers arrested from 2022 to 2023: PNP

February 23, 2024

News

Employee falls victim to deepfake video conference; sends P1.4 billion to scammers

February 6, 2024

Social Media

Eric Quizon's photos used by apparent scammer in public dating group

January 31, 2024

Technology

Always buy with caution. Philippines tops e-shopping scam rankings in Asia

November 25, 2023

Gadgets

Fake Safari and Google Chrome updates put Mac users at risk. Here's how you can stay safe

November 25, 2023

News

MIAA warns against fake online accounts selling 'lost' luggage with high-valued items

November 24, 2023

True Crime

Con woman faces charges after faking weddings with different men for money

November 6, 2023

Technology

Receiving alerts of undelivered packages due to incomplete address details? PHLPost, DHL issue warning against them

November 2, 2023

Technology

OctaFX shares 10 tips for safe online trading

August 3, 2023

BrandedUp

Celebrity

Gigi De Lana asks for kindness amid bashing, losing money to scam: 'Di na kayo naawa'

June 21, 2023

True Crime

Mom says child’s voice was cloned via AI to fake her kidnapping: ‘It was completely her voice’

April 16, 2023

News

Fraudster earns 'world's biggest bigamist' title for marrying 105 women

April 13, 2023

Social Media

Vivamax warns against impostor pages holding 'auditions' for adult films

February 24, 2023

True Crime

Woman who had a child with Nigerian love scammer imprisoned for helping launder $356,000 (P19 million)

February 22, 2023

Money

Avoid heartbreaks online: Protect yourself from scams this Valentine’s season

February 10, 2023

BrandedUp

True Crime

Philippines' 'Anna Delvey' arrested after tricking victims to fund her fashion company

February 5, 2023

Technology

RCBC promotes anti-cybercrime awareness

January 13, 2023

BrandedUp

Technology

Scram, Scam!

November 27, 2022

Celebrity

Ex-athlete David Bunevacz gets 17 years in jail for cannabis vape scam

November 22, 2022

LGBTQ

'Queen behavior': Rabiya Mateo offers her home to drag queens from Baguio who were scammed by their Airbnb host

October 28, 2022

Business

Globe blocks all messages with clickable links amid scam and spam texts

September 30, 2022

Relationships

'Fake Korean' Chinese man jailed for conning 39 women using photos of handsome Korean men

September 29, 2022

Technology

Anti-scam tips: Be wary of Google search results under ads section posing as online banking sites

September 22, 2022

Technology

NPC: Scam texts with full names least likely from data brokers, contact tracing apps

September 7, 2022

Technology

New SMS scam? Netizens concerned as spam texts contain their full names

August 31, 2022

Dating

Catfisher from China dates a mother and her son in a $20,000 scam

August 17, 2022

Marriage

A Chinese married woman is exposed after she cons 18 men into marriage, scams $300k (around P16M) out of them

August 11, 2022

Technology

Google warns iOS and Android users of new spyware, identifies victims in Italy and Kazakhstan

June 24, 2022

News

Scam alert: Do not click links in text messages saying your ‘BDO’ or 'UnionBank’ account has been blocked

May 25, 2022

News

BSP steps in for 'remedial measures' following hacking reports involving BDO, UnionBank

December 12, 2021

News

OVP returns P100k worth of groceries after falling prey to fake delivery orders made under VP Leni Robredo's name

November 22, 2021

Technology

‘Squid Game’ cryptocurrency turns out to be a scam, developers steal over $2 million

November 2, 2021

Explainer

What is the SIM swap scam and how can you protect yourself against it?

November 1, 2021

Essay

‘A scammer withdrew P1.7 million from my wife’s credit card in 2 hours. This is what happened’

October 29, 2021