Smart and TNT warn customers against fake SIM registration portal scam

Mobile services provider Smart Communications, Inc., along with its value brand TNT, has

warned subscribers about spurious text messages urging subscribers to re-register their SIM in

fake SIM registration portals.

In their latest public advisory, Smart and TNT bared this new modus of scammers, whose

message often comes with a link that leads to a phishing domain imitating the SIM registration

portal of Smart.

"Smart did not send these messages. These messages are phishing attempts aimed at stealing

your personal information," the telco said in its advisory.

"Smart clarifies that there is NO NEED to re-register your Smart or TNT SIM if you have

successfully registered it before. Please disregard any message asking you to register again."

Smart and TNT also remind the public that their official SIM registration portal is

https://simreg.smart.com.ph.

Customers are encouraged to report incidents of text scams and phishing messages, among

others, via the Smart and TNT public reporting portal called HuliScam at

www.smart.com.ph/huliscam .

The HuliScam portal complements the new and more advanced network firewall that the PLDT

Group had recently activated to block malicious messages from passing through