Globe Telecom said Tuesday the number of spam and scam texts it blocked in the first quarter of 2024 dropped by 67 percent from the same period last year.
The telecom unit of the Ayala Group said this translated into a decline from 1.1 billion blocked messages in the first quarter of 2023 to just 362.8 million in the same period in 2024.
Bank-related spam and scam messages, which often attempt to lure victims into revealing sensitive financial information, also saw a steep 74-percent drop from 4.07 million in the first quarter of 2023 to 1.04 million in the recent quarter.
“We are pleased to see our intensified anti-spam initiatives finally turning the tide against unscrupulous individuals and syndicates who bombard our customers with fraudulent messaging,” said Anton Bonifacio, chief information security officer at Globe.