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SEC-EIPD Advisory

January 1, 2020

2020ENFORCEMENT AND INVESTOR PROTECTION DEPARTMENTSEC ADVISORYThis ADVISORY is prompted by information received by the Commission on the proliferation of a TEXT SCAM using the name of the President, telling the recipient has won the amount of Seven Hundred Fifty Thousand Pesos (Php750,000.00) through an electronic raffle, from the PRESIDENT: RODRIGO DUTERTE CHARITY FOUNDATION with Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas "Handog ng Kabuhayan."The recipient is instructed to text his/her name, age, address and work and to immediately call the text sender who usually introduces themselves as a lawyer and allegedly connected with the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas. To give a semblance of authenticity, a government approval number, such as one allegedly from the Department of Trade and Industry is quoted in the text message, such as "DTI#0432 Series of 2020." Below is a sample of said TEXT SCAM:The public is hereby informed that the PRESIDENT: RODRIGO DUTERTE CHARITY FOUNDATION is NOT REGISTERED with the Commission as a Corporation. Further, the Policy and Specialized Supervision Sector of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas has confirmed that the alleged electronic...
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