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I'm not really a fan of Senator Tito Sotto , but I have to agree with him on this point . Prepaid Subscriber Identity Modules used in cellphones, otherwise known as SIM cards, or just SIMs, should be registered . The number of every prepaid SIM should be stored in a database, maintained by the network provider, along with the name of its primary user, and his or her address and/or other relevant information. In the years that have followed the introduction of prepaid cellphone services, prepaid SIMs have become prevalent in the commission of various criminal acts, such as facilitating illegal transactions, text scams , the sending of death threats, extortion, kidnapping for ransom, and recently, as an instrument of terror. Two days ago, an improvised explosive device or IED was planted and detonated inside a public bus along EDSA in Makati City . As of now, 5 have been confirmed dead because of the explosion, and around 13 injured. Authorities have identified the explosive device u...

I've won! I've won! - NOT. The past several months I've been getting quite a number of text messages on my cellphone informing me that I have won a sum of money in some sort of raffle, and instructing me to call back and look for the person whose name was mentioned in the message. If it sounds to good to be true, that's because it is. This is what is known as a text scam . Text scams first came out a number of years ago, with the rising popularity of cellphones with SMS capability (and consquently the number of suckers who own one). Presently, with approximately 30 million cellphones all over the country, scams like these are quite common. This message is obviously bogus, and was designed by some unscrupulous souls to appeal to the avaricious and gullible among us for the purpose of scamming them into giving up hard currency, for processing or facilitating the release of their so-called "prizes". Sadly, a lot of people have already fallen prey to this modus op...