The spread of text scams will be drastically reduced once the SIM Registration law is “fully implemented,” said Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) Undersecretary Anna Mae Lamentillo on Friday, March 17.
In a “Laging Handa” public briefing, Lamentillo said the continuous proliferation of these messages are “unavoidable,” noting that the mandatory SIM registration processes are still ongoing.
She then added that after the registration deadline on April 26, if there would be no extension, unregistered cards will automatically be deactivated. Latest data released by the government indicated that more than 123 million users have yet to register their SIMs. Lamentillo, however, stressed that this is higher than the “total population count” as cards used in scams and other cybercrimes are also included in this tally.
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