DELOS REYES, RONALYN N.

BEED 3 CAMPUS JOURNALISM

 I chose this topic because there are many people that has been scammed by using an
unregistered number that is why they implemented this law. The original deadline of the sim
registration was April 26, but due to many people that are not registered yet the Department
of Information and Communication Technology (DICT) extended it until July 25 or 90 days
from the original date of deadline. According to Secretary Ivan Uy of the DICT, they
expected that around 95 million of the 100 million sim card owners will have done the sim
registration. There are many issues of scamming nowadays that is why they implemented this
law to track and identify the owner of the number. And according to the report of the Anti-
Cybercrime Group (ACG) of the Philippines National Police last week showed that the three
individuals arrested in San Jose Del Monte Bulacan had a total of 7,038 registered SIM Cards
from different telecommunications companies. As you can see nowadays, the GCash was
always trending due to many problems that people facing right now, some of the people
money in their GCash Account has been wiped out. They try to see the transaction on their
account, and they saw a lot of transaction that they did not even do. They post it online to see
if they are the only that experiencing it, but no. A lot of people had the same experience. The
police operation, according to ACG spokesperson Capt. Michelle Sabino, was the result of
information on the suspects' activities that they had been receiving since August of last year,
possibly in preparation for the passing of Republic Act No. 11934, or the SIM Registration
Act. The accused then sold the SIM cards to trick people who intend to use them to commit
fraud. "They purchase registered SIM cards for P400 as well as those that have been
confirmed by virtual wallets like GCash. This instance shows that removing mobile phone
scammers will require more than just the SIM registration law, and the national ID system for
that matter. To protect everyone against cybercriminals, a nationwide information push on the
relevant legal rules and an education drive on how to prevent being a victim are required. To
do these, the national and local governments must exceed more effort so that the sim
registration will be successful. For the people who don’t have a smartphone to register their,
the governments must provide some help for them. The SIM registration law offers enough
protection to help law enforcement locate scammers. But people must also help the
government by protecting themselves from scammer and by not believing in suspicious text
messages.