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NBI continues investigation on phishing scam on teachers

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MANILA — Following a phishing scam that targeted the bank accounts of teachers, the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) will collaborate with banks and the Anti-Money Laundering Council.

According to NBI spokesperson Gisele Garcia-Dumlao, the NBI investigation continues on the scam that attacked teachers’ Landbank accounts at the height of the pandemic in 2021 and 2022.

The NBI has received more cybercrime complaints since the pandemic, as the public relies on online banking transactions due to lockdowns during that period.

Dumlao stated that teachers have been victims of “phishing” and “vishing” scams which are intended to obtain a person’s bank account information via phone calls or messages.

“We will be coordinating with banks and other e-wallet providers. We will also be coordinating with the AMLC and seek their assistance in investigating this case,” Dumlao said.

Early this year, the NBI began probing the scam with teachers visiting its cybercrime division to complain about their compromised accounts in Land Bank of the Philippines.

The bank promised to work with the NBI, conduct an internal investigation, and maintained that its system is secure from hacking.

Following the arrest of five suspects, including two Nigerians, for the unauthorized transfer of money from 700 BDO Unibank accounts to fictitious “Mark Nagoyo” accounts in Union Bank of the Philippines, the NBI investigated the phishing attack on banking clients.

The suspects used clients’ compromised accounts to generate one-time PINs for the money transfers, according to the NBI.

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