Globe has received reports that its sender ID has been used to spread a malicious message apparently targeting the President’s family or prominent political figures.
Globe wishes to clarify that the said message is a case of spoofing, where fraudsters send unauthorized SMS with a spoofed sender ID to mobile users in a particular area using fake cell towers.
Spoofing uses an international mobile subscriber identity (IMSI) catcher– a portable device that captures mobile users within a limited radius by forcing their signal to downgrade to 2G, the old cellular network technology for voice calls and texts. Messages sent via spoofing do not pass through the Globe cellular network, thus bypassing Globe’s stringent anti-fraud filters.
