{"id":92482,"date":"2017-03-04T22:05:27","date_gmt":"2017-03-05T03:05:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=92482"},"modified":"2017-03-04T22:05:27","modified_gmt":"2017-03-05T03:05:27","slug":"online-scam-tops-cybercrime-complaints","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/03\/04\/online-scam-tops-cybercrime-complaints\/","title":{"rendered":"Online scam tops cybercrime complaints"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_92486\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-92486\" style=\"width: 742px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Capture-12.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-92486\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Capture-12.png\" alt=\"Online scam still gets the most number of walk-in complaints received and investigated by the Philippine National Po (Photo: Marc Di Luzio\/ Flickr)\" width=\"742\" height=\"489\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Capture-12.png 742w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Capture-12-300x198.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 742px) 100vw, 742px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-92486\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Online scam still gets the most number of walk-in complaints received and investigated by the Philippine National Po (Photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/marcdiluzio\">Marc Di Luzio\/ Flickr<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA \u2013Online scam still gets the most number of walk-in complaints received and investigated by the Philippine National Police Anti-Cybercrime Group (PNP-ACG).<\/p>\n<p>According to PNP-ACG Acting Director Senior Supt. Marni Marcos, Jr., the group has investigated a total of 555 online scam cases from 2016 up to present which falls under the Article 315 of the Revised Penal Code (RPC) or swindling (estafa).<\/p>\n<p>Fourty-four of the 555 total online scam cases cover the period of year 2017 up to present.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, 522 cases are recorded under online libel, 226 under online threat, 202 under anti-photo and video voyeurism, 197 under computer related identity theft and 127 under hacking all dated from 2016 up to present.<\/p>\n<p>Other cases investigated by the PNP-ACG based on walk-in complaints are unjust vexation, sextortion, ATM (automated teller machine) and credit card fraud, child abuse, illegal access, child pornography, and Republic Act No. 9262, or \u201cAnti-Violence Against Women and Children Act of 2004\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith the increasing number of Internet users there is also an increase in the opportunity for cyber criminals to do their illegal online activities,\u201d Marcos said.<\/p>\n<p>In 2013 to 2015, the PNP-ACG recorded a total of 1,211 cases that represent the number of cybercrime complaints received and investigated by the Group.<\/p>\n<p>The online scam complaints were reported by victims of online buying\/selling, paluwagan, investment, pyramid and other forms of online fraud.<\/p>\n<p>In order to address the increasing number of cybercrime, victims of illegal online activities or targets of suspicious online messages are encouraged to report the incidents to the PNP-ACG for proper evaluation and investigation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey may also file their complaints or report incidents through our website www.pnpacg.ph, hotline number 7230401 loc 5313 or e-mail at pnp.anticybercrimegroup@gmail. com. Also they can check our twitter @PNPACG and Facebook account: PNP ACG for cyber security updates,\u201d Marcos added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA \u2013Online scam still gets the most number of walk-in complaints received and investigated by the Philippine National Police Anti-Cybercrime &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":92486,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95,1],"tags":[6584,16153],"class_list":["post-92482","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","category-uncategorized","tag-cyber-crime","tag-online-scam","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92482","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=92482"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92482\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/92486"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92482"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92482"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92482"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}