Online scammers utilizing SIM playing cards proceed to function even with the SIM Card Registration Law in place.
According to Marisol Abdurahman’s report on “24 Oras,” SIM playing cards could also be registered utilizing anime names and addresses made up of simply numbers and symbols, the Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission confirmed.
Scammers can also register as many as 64 SIM playing cards in a single go utilizing tools, such because the one the authorities confiscated in a latest raid.
During its presentation, the PAOCC used the identify and likeness of Bart Simpson to register a SIM. It was in a position to take action in simply three minutes.
The outcome was the identical when the authorities tried to register a SIM with the identify of an anime character and an handle fabricated from numbers and sure characters.
It seems that SIM registration for functions of committing cyber crime has been east as telcos reportedly use synthetic intelligence inthe course of.
“The language of the law basicallly only requires that subscriber must enter the info correctly,” stated Dr. Winston Casio of the PAOCC.
Police admitted that curbing on-line scams remained a problem however stated the tools they seized throughout operations helped.
“Parang cyber surveillance lang na kung sino yung umo-order ng mga ganung SIM card. Hanggang napasok natin kanilang head board gang natunton natin,” stated QCPD Director Brigadier General Redrico Maranan.
(We performed cyber surveillance on who ordered these SIM playing cards. From there, we entered their board gang and tracked them.)
The PAOCC has but to find out what number of pre-registered SIM Cards have been used for on-line scams. Meanwhile, it suggested the general public to stay vigilant in opposition to such schemes.
For its half, Smart Communications Inc. stated the whole cyber rip-off system “must be put into light and not be obsessed or focused on certain parts”.
“The entire cyberscam system must be put into light and not be obsessed or focused on certain parts — instead all stakeholders should work on a wholistic solution,” it said.
“Sim playing cards are largely imported and are utilized in different IT gadgets, ie financial institution playing cards; other than cellphones. It’s not within the manufacturing or importation however within the misuse by unscrupulous parts,” it added. —Sundy Locus/NB, GMA Integrated News
Source: www.gmanetwork.com
