By Francis Earl Cueto, Manila Times
September 19, 2022
THE National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) over the weekend encouraged the public to report scam text messages.
Those who will file complaints need to submit their complete name, address, email and contact number as well as the cellphone number that received the messages, a screenshot of the text scam message with the sender's mobile number, and a photo of any of their government-issued IDs to kontratextscam@ntc.gov.ph.
"Your personal data will be kept strictly confidential in accordance with the Data Privacy Act," the NTC said in a statement.
Reports can also be sent to the NTC's website through a text scam complaint form.
According to the regulator, the text message coming from an unknown mobile number that contains a job offer, promises cash and discounts, and may contain a clickable web link is considered a "text scam message."
Numerous text blasts warning consumers about the scam were sent by the telecom companies upon the prodding of the NTC.
Meanwhile, the NTC continued to remind the public to simply ignore the messages by not replying to it or clicking the web link, if there is.
"Once reported to the NTC, immediately block the number and delete the text scam message," it said.
