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Senator Joel Villanueva has urged the Senate to investigate the "unprecedented number" of gambling-related text scams and the use, sale and importation of cell site simulators to send fraudulent text messages.The lawmaker on Thursday filed proposed Senate Resolution 1057 as he noted the significant number of SIM cards recovered in the previous raids against Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators hubs.
Apart from this, Villanueva mentioned scammers increased use of simulators or stingrays or international mobile subscriber identity catchers which "spoof or mimic mobile numbers to deceive users into thinking that they are receiving legitimate text messages" and most of these text messages contain fake links that are used to extract information or money from users.
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