{"id":17375,"date":"2025-11-05T22:58:04","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T14:58:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/?p=17375"},"modified":"2025-11-05T22:58:04","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T14:58:04","slug":"dict-implements-oplan-paskong-sigurado-to-protect-public-from-online-scams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/2025\/11\/05\/dict-implements-oplan-paskong-sigurado-to-protect-public-from-online-scams\/","title":{"rendered":"DICT IMPLEMENTS \u2018OPLAN PASKONG SIGURADO\u2019 TO PROTECT PUBLIC FROM ONLINE SCAMS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>\u201cWALANG Pilipinong mai-scam ngayong Pasko.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) said on Wednesday that it is working with Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), banks, and law enforcers to protect the public from online scams this Christmas season.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>In a press briefing in Malaca\u00f1ang, DICT Secretary Henry Aguda said the initiative is under the agency\u2019s Oplan Paskong Sigurado that aims to shield the public from online scammers.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cIlang beses ko na sigurong nabanggit sa inyo, inutos po ng Presidente sa akin at sa DICT itong Pasko na ito walang Pilipinong mai-scam,\u201d Aguda said.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cSo, tuloy-tuloy po iyan at were making sure, we\u2019re working with BSP, with the banks, with the law enforcers matiwasay po dapat ang Pasko natin. So tuloy-tuloy lang po kayong mag-e-commerce, e-transaction,\u201d the DICT chief added.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Aguda asserted that there has been no data breach involving e-wallet services, citing the verification done by the National Privacy Commission (NPC).<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cHabang nagpapatuloy po na mag-verify kami doon sa mga report kasi kailangan naming gawin, gusto lang po namin linawin, we concluded\u2014fake news po iyon, parang may na-recycle na news in the past na lumutang na lang,\u201d he said.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cAnd sinabi naman ng website mismo, it\u2019s unverified. So out of abundance of prudence and caution, NPC thought of checking it out and lumabas naman po wala pong problema,\u201d Aguda emphasized.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>In the past, authorities recorded a spike in online scams during the Christmas season, driven by increased online shopping and a focus on giving during the holidays, making people more vulnerable to phishing, fake websites, and other fraudulent activities. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&ldquo;WALANG Pilipinong mai-scam ngayong Pasko.&rdquo; The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) said on Wednesday that it is working with Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17376,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17375"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17375"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17375\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17377,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17375\/revisions\/17377"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17376"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17375"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17375"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17375"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}