MANILA, Philippines — Online scam complaints received by the Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating Center (CICC) decreased by almost 40 percent this year compared to 2024. In a public briefing aired on state-run PTV, Undersecretary Renato “Aboy” Paraiso said the CICC, an agency under the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT), logged about 6,000 new reports monitored through its Hotline 1326. The figure was significantly lower than the record-high 10,004 complaints received by the CICC in 2024, with a total amount lost by cybercrime victims reaching P198 million. The current 2025 figure, however, was still higher than in 2023 when 3,317 […]... Keep on reading: Cyber crimes, online scams go down in 2025, CICC official says