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Bangko Sentral warns public vs COVID-19 donation scam

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2020/business/04/17/20170731-bsp-md-1.jpg"/><figcaption>Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas. <em>Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA - The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas on Friday warned the public against fraudsters posing as charities and soliciting donations for pandemic relief.</p><p>Cyber criminals are riding on COVID-19 donation drives and creating fake charities to get personal information, online banking user names and passwords from donors, the BSP said. </p><p>Consumers should avoid malicious links that lead to phishing sites, the BSP said. Phishing is the theft of personal data online through fake emails and web links.</p><p>&quot;Sa kabila ng mga donation drives at charities na naghahangad na makatulong sa ating mga kababayan na apektado ng COVID-19 pandemic, ang mga cyber criminals ay patuloy rin sa paggawa ng mga pekeng charities or beneficiaries na may kaugnayan dito,&quot; the BSP said. </p><p>(While donation drives and charities continue to raise funds to help those affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, cyber criminals also continue to make fake charities or beneficiaries related to it)</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="tl">SCAM ALERT!<br/><br/>Pinapaalalahanan ng Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas ang publiko na maging maingat at mapanuri<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/FraudAlert?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#FraudAlert</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ScamAlert?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ScamAlert</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CyberSecurity?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#CyberSecurity</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ThinkBeforeYouClick?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ThinkBeforeYouClick</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/COVID19?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#COVID19</a> <a href="https://t.co/EOvHtS29kO">pic.twitter.com/EOvHtS29kO</a></p>— Bangko Sentral (@BangkoSentral) <a href="https://twitter.com/BangkoSentral/status/1251001808396279811?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 17, 2020</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>The country&#x27;s largest bank BDO Unibank earlier flagged a &quot;verify account&quot; scam as millions of Filipinos are stuck in their homes during the coronavirus lockdown. </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/04/08/20/bdo-flags-verify-account-scam-on-e-mail">BDO flags &#x27;verify account&#x27; scam on e-mail</a></li></ul>

<p>Cybercriminals are using COVID-19 donation drives to get personal information, internet and mobile banking user names, and passwords, the BSP said. </p>

Cybercriminals are using COVID-19 donation drives to get personal information, internet and mobile banking user names, and passwords, the BSP said.