A phishing attempt via electronic mail that allegedly came from an unknown individual who used the name of a banking institution, evaded the spam filter and went straight to the inbox of the Gmail user. Some of the signs of a phishing activity observed in the email includes the following:

Following are two similar scam SMS messages received in September 2018 coming from two different cellphone numbers:

Following is a scam SMS message coming from a cellphone with no. +639303838577 reported by a concerned citizen:

The following information was obtained from different cyber security sources for notification to all parties concerned pursuant to the mandate of the Philippine National Police Anti-Cybercrime Group (PNP ACG).

The information provided was classified as “Restricted” pursuant to the PNP Regulation 200-012 on Document Security and Impact Rating as high based on PNP Information Communication Technology (ICT) Security Manual s.2010-01 p. 22 and p.129.