MANILA, Philippines- Nagbabala ang Social Security System (SSS) nitong Miyerkules sa mga miyembro nito at sa publiko na manatiling alerto laban sa mapanlokong text messages na ipinadadala ng ilang indibidwal na nagpapanggap na kinatawan ng SSS. Sa pekeng mensahe, pinangangakuan ang recipients ng insentibo kapalit ng pag-click sa nakasaad na link.
Sinabi ni Normita M. Doctor, SSS Member Services and Support Group’s senior vice president, nakatatanggap umano ang pension fund ng mga ulat mula sa mga miyembro na nakaengkwentro ng text alerts na may kaugnayan sa benefit claims, pa-expire na contribution payments, o My.SSS registration.
“Do not click the link in the message of these fake text alerts. It will lead to a phishing site that will steal personal information such as SS numbers and login credentials from My.SSS account,” giit ni Doctor.
“The SMS sender should be ‘SSS’ and the official SSS website is www.sss.gov.ph. If it is an unidentified mobile number, it is a text message from scammers purposely sent to deceive its receiver,” paalala ng opisyal.
“Our SSS Special Investigation Department (SID) has already probed the incidents. We also submitted a Text Scam Complaint containing these fake text alerts to the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) to help the government fight scam text messages,” dagdag niya.
Pinayuhan niya ang publiko na huwag ibahagi ang SS number, usernames, passwords, at iba pang login details ng kanilang My.SSS account sa scammers upang hindi makompromiso ang My.SSS accounts at magamit para sa mga pekeng transaksyon.
Ayon pa kay Doctor, maaaring direktang magsumbong ang mga biktima ng text scammers sa law enforcement authorities tulad ng Philippine National Police’s Anti-Cybercrime Group at sa National Bureau of Investigation’s Cybercrime Division.
“With the assistance of our SSS SID, victims can help law enforcement agencies in filing a case against text scammers. They can report text scammers to SID via email at [email protected] or through telephone at (02) 89247370,” pagtatapos ng opisyal. RNT/SA
