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00:00businesses and government agencies.
00:03Ana has received several text messages
00:06that at first glance seem legit
00:08because it enters the black text thread of the bank
00:11where she has an account.
00:12But in the following texts,
00:14she is being clicked by a link.
00:16It's scary to infiltrate
00:18these businesses and government agencies
00:21because you don't know what they can do
00:24with the information they get.
00:26This is called text spoofing
00:28where text scammers put the sender ID
00:31or company name or government agency.
00:33That's why sometimes,
00:34their messages enter the black text thread.
00:37The Commission on Elections in Comelec
00:40is in charge of using text spoofing
00:42in the election of 2025.
00:44Even in the election,
00:46misinformation, disinformation, and fake news
00:48are a threat.
00:50It can be that a person is bad.
00:52It can be that a group will vote for them.
00:55It can be that a candidate withdrew.
00:57All of these are possibilities
00:59for our new policies.
01:01That's why I urge the people
01:03to always countercheck.
01:05What's also scary in Comelec
01:07is that the text blast machines
01:09used in text blasts
01:11or many text messages
01:13are upgraded.
01:14It can be that you're the one
01:16spreading these texts
01:18even if it's not you.
01:20You can put your number
01:22even if it's not your cell phone number.
01:24Or for example,
01:25it can be that you're the one
01:27getting help from your family
01:29to send these texts
01:31even if it's not from you.
01:33Even the First Family
01:34and other well-known politicians
01:36target text spoofing
01:37according to reports received by Globe.
01:39In a statement,
01:41Globe said that the spoofers
01:43of Peking Cell Towers
01:44and International Mobile Subscriber Identity
01:46or IMSI Catcher,
01:47which is a portable device
01:49that targets mobile users
01:50within a limited radius,
01:52and downgraded their signal
01:54to 2G.
01:55Text spoofing
01:56does not occur
01:57in Globe's network.
01:58Globe is now investigating
02:00authorities and other partners
02:02to avoid this again.
02:03Globe also reminded
02:05to be alert
02:06to the spoofing of text messages.
02:08They will no longer send messages
02:10related to politics.
02:11We are still trying to get
02:13Malacanang's permission
02:14and they said they will still check this.
02:16SMART said earlier
02:17that they are cooperating
02:18with the NTC
02:19and Cybercrime Investigation
02:20and Coordinating Center
02:21or CICC
02:22to stop the use
02:23of fake cell towers
02:24and to catch scammers.
02:26There is no doubt
02:27that DICT Secretary Ivan Jonuy
02:29is using
02:30malicious text spoofing
02:32in the election.
02:33That's why they are cooperating
02:34with Comelec,
02:35Telco
02:36and other government agencies.
02:53Authentic,
02:54real or fake.
02:55So that someone can go there.
02:56Someone can go there
02:57because now,
02:58it's a mess.
02:59DICT should remind
03:00the public
03:01to be more alert.
03:02Do not click
03:03on the link
03:04in the text message.
03:05And double-check
03:06the information
03:07in the official sources
03:08before you believe it.
03:09For GMA Integrated News,
03:10Darlene Cai,
03:11for Tutok 24 Horas.
03:23For Tutok 24 Horas,
03:24I'm Darlene Cai.