THE Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. (PAGCOR) warned that a fake website is taking in applications for gaming licenses.
“We urge the public not to download anything or transact through the said fake website that uses the domain name www.pagcorphilippines.com because it is definitely not from PAGCOR and all its contents are spurious,” PAGCOR Chairman and Chief Executive Alejandro H. Tengco said in a statement on Feb. 24.
Mr. Tengco said the legitimate and only PAGCOR website is www.pagcor.ph.
“We have reported this incident to the Department of Information and Communications Technology,” Mr. Tengco said.
He said the fake website went live on Saturday, Feb. 22 when PAGCOR’s head office was closed.
On Feb. 2, PAGCOR also warned of supposed official letters and text messages falsely claiming that Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators will reopen.
President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. ordered the ban of all offshore gaming operations during his State of the Nation Address in July last year. — Aubrey Rose A. Inosante
