Scammers found a new modus operandi by using money mules! These are persons who share their bank account details where illegal money can be transferred and get paid for services with a small part of theĀ money.
BDO Unibank strongly supports the call of the Bangko Sentral to stay vigilant against scammers who have devised a new modus operandi of offering a huge amount of money to people who will lend their bank accounts.
Once recruited, these āmoney mulesā allow the scammers to use their personal bank accounts to receive cash deposits or online transfers from illegal sources posing as legitimate transactions such as a charity or COVID-19 donations, among others.
In the Philippines, mules can be prosecuted under Republic Act 9160 or the Anti-Money Laundering Act, with imprisonment of up to seven years and penalty of up to P3 million.
āDo not let other people use your bank account, debit card or credit card to make transactions on their behalf. Never provide your personal and account details to anyone,ā BDO emphasized.
The Bank advises clients and the general public to ignore suspicious calls, emails, private messages and website links offering easy cash via the use of their own bank account.
Call to action
BDO reiterated that the most effective way of preventing scams targeting bank customers is never to share bank information to other people no matter how convincing they appear to be āreal.ā
āTo all bank customers, your login details and One-Time PIN (OTP) are yours and yours alone. Nobody should own them but you.Ā Once you logged in your username and password, you will receive an OTP from your bank as its final security measure. Do not share this OTP to anyone else, especially to the scammers through their fake websites, or those posing as bank employees,ā it said.
Emails that ask customers to click on links are scam attacks, even if it includes the spelled out bank website as a hyperlink. āHereās a useful tip, to check the veracity of the email, let your cursor linger on the weblink without clicking on it. A preview will reveal that it leads to a different site and not to the official website of your bank,ā added BDO.
For more information, please visit www.bdo.com.ph.
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We should be wiser kasi sa panahon ngayon wala na talagang tigil ang ang scammers sa pambibiktima nila…
Thanks for the awareness mamu.
Sa panahon ngayon lalong nag pursigi ang masasamang loob para makapang lamang sa kapwa.
Salamat sa info nato Mamu! Let’s be vigilant talaga dahil sa panahon ngayon marami na talagang mapanglamang at mga manloloko sa kapwa š Kaya dapat mapagmasid talaga tayo.
Ingat Po ang lhat nakakatakot lalo na ngayong panahon ng pandemic naglilipana mga tamad na scammers.
Kailangan talaga natin magingat ngaun kahit my crisis naglipana mga scammers be alert na lang always thanks mamu for this information
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when it comes to personal details dapat talaga maging maingat tayo,,lalo na kung meron money involved. choose kung sino ang dapat pagkatiwalaan. and never upload any personal details to social media aswell.
True mamu, doble ingat po talaga sa pag ibigay ng mga Bank information, kasi subrang galing at hitech na din ng mga scammers.. Pagdating talaga sa pera, gagawin lahat ng makanakaw lang.. Lalo sa panahon ngayon na subrang hirap dahil sa pandemic.. Kaya ingat ingat nalang po talaga