Senator Alan Peter Cayetano has reiterated his call for the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) to establish a dedicated Anti-Scam Center to address the growing problem of scams.
Cayetano made the proposal during Senate plenary deliberations on the DICT’s proposed 2025 budget, stressing the urgency of setting up sucha. center.
“Go to Singapore and Hong Kong because they have anti-scam centers na in one office, nandoon na y’ung pulis, y’ung mga IT personnel, at y’ung mga bangko,” he said in a manifestation.
The senator said the Philippines needs a similar proactive system to address the evolving nature of scams, many of which have been discussed in previous Senate hearings.
“Parang sanay pa rin tayo sa pa-isa-isang scam. Pero lahat ng scam na nabanggit dito at sa ibang Senate hearings, nandoon na [sa kanila],” he also said.
Cayetano emphasized that an efficient anti-scam system could significantly reduce scam incidents and help recover financial losses.
“In the last two years, ang na-recover ng mga Singaporean government for those na na-scam is more than 600 million Singaporean dollars,” according to him.
Singapore’s Anti-Scam Command, launched in. March 2022, centralizes efforts in scam investigation, incident response, enforcement, and analysis under one entity.IMT
