The facade of the Social Security System in Quezon City. FILE PHOTO
MANILA, Philippines — The Social Security System (SSS) on Thursday warned its members against texts about supposed incentives from the state-run insurer, saying these are scams.
In a statement, SSS Senior Vice President for Member Services and Support Group Normita Doctor said the state-run insurer received reports about text alerts on benefit claims, expiring contribution payments, and SSS registration.
“Do not click the link in the message of these fake text alerts. It will lead to a phishing site that will steal personal information such as SS numbers and login credentials from My.SSS account,” she said.
“The SMS sender should be ‘SSS’ and the official SSS website is www.sss.gov.ph. If it is an unidentified mobile number, it is a text message from scammers purposely sent to deceive its receiver,” she added.
She also said the SSS Special Investigation Department has probed the text scam and submitted a complaint to the National Telecommunications Commission “to help the government fight scam text messages.”
The victims can also file a complaint via email at fid@sss.gov.ph or through (02)89247370.
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