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Email scams for BDO and GCash

69 views 4 replies 5 participants last post by  Gary D  
#1 · (Edited)
I received this message to today and 😂 my BDO account is not online because it's a Pension account so no ATM card allowed either. The message is addressed to Hello 😂 even the scammer doesn't know who he's addressing.

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I showed this to my son and he said he got an email from "gcash" and not GCash also claiming someone has accessed his money but he told me he has no money currently in his account.

Be vigilant and if you're worried go to your bank or contact GCash through your direct messaging within the GCash application, do not click any links or buttons on these scammer emails.
 
#3 ·
No matter where you live people try and make you scared and act too fast. I basically delete or set filters to delete most emails or texts. I also have a email debugger that can show where the links go without clicking. The banks here send too many texts and emails about getting a credit card. I delete it all.
 
#4 ·
My gf has a friend who fell hook, line and sinker for something like this with her G-Cash. She lost in the region of 7000 PHP.

There is also a scary new thing the scammers are doing - using advanced AI voices to make it "sound like the bank manager". As the language & voice models become more advanced the dragnet is going to ensnare more of the unwary.

They really need to start ramping up cybersecurity education in schools and barangays. Setting up a screen in the local basketball courts and doing an engaging presentation on this stuff isn't hard. The beauty pageants take priority of course.