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25 April 2024

Newsletter: PLDT, Smart block more than 13 million SMShing messages to combat ‘hijack profile’ incidents

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Elijah Mendoza, Digital Communications Senior Manager at Smart, shares tips on how to avoid falling for phishing messages.

PLDT’s wireless unit, Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart), has blocked more than 13 million SMShing messages in the first quarter of the year. It has also blacklisted almost 200,000 mobile numbers involved in phishing activities as the Philippine National Police (PNP) raised the alarm on ‘hijack profile’ cases.

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