{"id":50090,"date":"2024-03-27T18:27:29","date_gmt":"2024-03-27T10:27:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.teampcheng.com\/blog\/?p=50090"},"modified":"2024-03-27T18:27:33","modified_gmt":"2024-03-27T10:27:33","slug":"bpi-issues-guidance-against-digital-scams-this-holy-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.teampcheng.com\/blog\/lifestyle\/bpi-issues-guidance-against-digital-scams-this-holy-week\/","title":{"rendered":"BPI issues guidance against digital scams this Holy Week"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Amid Holy Week, the Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) doubles down on encouraging the public to strictly observe different digital hygiene measures against fraudulent digital activities and scams. This is in response to the continuous reports of social engineering attacks by cyber-criminals via emails, phone calls, and text messages to fraudulently solicit information from unsuspecting users.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

BPI Enterprise Information Security and Data Protection Officer Jonathan Paz shared valuable<\/p>\n\n\n\n

insights on how cybercriminals continue to change their tactics to scam people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe have often received reports where a would-be victim got a call from someone allegedly from the bank and that the caller is asking for their \u2018activation\u2019 or \u2018confirmation\u2019 number. Based on the conversation, it\u2019s really the OTPs they were after. With the many OTP-related reminders being put out not just by BPI but the entire banking industry, these scammers tweak their spiels to convince potential victims, which is what social engineering is all about,\u201d Paz noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cKeeping with developments in online services, cybercriminals diligently learn information about a bank\u2019s products and marketing programs, and use these in creating fake promotions or bogus web pages that try to get people to disclose sensitive information for use in their fraud schemes.  As many people rest from work this Holy Week, scammers continue to work hard hoping to strike when people\u2019s guards may be down. This is a call to everyone to remain vigilant and conscious about digital security, holiday or not,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

BPI encourages the public to practice the following measures to better avoid falling victim to fraudulent social engineering schemes and other types of attacks by cybercriminals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n