Hyperlink to 4Ps September payout schedule is faux

The hyperlink redirects to a web based buying platform. The DSWD has additionally beforehand clarified that Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program beneficiaries can not verify their payout schedule on-line.

Declare: The Division of Social Welfare and Improvement (DSWD) and Land Financial institution of the Philippines launched a hyperlink to the September payout schedule for beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps).

Score: FALSE

Why we fact-checked this: A Fb web page named “DSWD Information Replace All Area” posted a graphic bearing the Landbank brand that claims to point out the supposed 4Ps payroll schedules per area. Textual content on the graphic reads: 

“Ang pay out para sa mga beneficiaries ng Money Fund Switch Interval 3 (4Ps) ng DSWD ay naka schedule sa ika-01 ng September araw ng Lunes. Nasa publish ang mga hyperlink, tingnan kung kasama ang pangalan mo sa pay out kahit na ikaw ay matagal ng natanggal.”

(The payout for beneficiaries of the Money Fund Switch Interval 3 (4Ps) of DSWD is scheduled on September 1, Monday. The hyperlink is within the publish, verify in case your title is included within the payout even for those who had been already eliminated [from the list] a very long time in the past.)

The graphic additionally instructed customers to go to a hyperlink included within the publish’s caption for a listing of the closest Landbank servicing branches. 

As of writing, the publish has gained 55 reactions, 12 feedback, and 22 shares. The identical web page has beforehand posted comparable payout bulletins with the identical data. 

The details: Neither the DSWD nor Landbank made any bulletins a few supposed payout schedule for September. No such advisory seems on their official web sites or verified social media pages. 

In a earlier Rappler reality verify, the social welfare division instructed Rappler that 4Ps beneficiaries usually are not posted publicly, in compliance with the Information Privateness Act of 2012.

The DSWD additionally mentioned that beneficiaries are knowledgeable of their payout schedules by metropolis or municipal hyperlinks, and that they “can not verify on-line if they’re scheduled for payout.”

The graphic additionally misuses Landbank’s brand and branding, giving the impression of legitimacy. Whereas Landbank is likely one of the authorities’s accomplice banks for the distribution of money grants, it doesn’t decide who qualifies for these applications, nor does it announce payouts by itself.

Phishing danger: The hyperlinks included within the caption, supposedly containing the checklist of beneficiaries, redirect to merchandise discovered on an e-commerce website, elevating the danger of spam or phishing. (READ: Phishing 101: Learn how to spot and keep away from phishing)

URL checker urlscan.io flagged that comparable posts from the identical web page seem to result in a weblog web page titled “Libreng Ayuda,” which doesn’t include payout particulars and is as a substitute stuffed with feedback and inquiries from hopeful beneficiaries.

Poverty alleviation program: 4Ps is the federal government’s flagship poverty alleviation scheme that gives money grants to beneficiaries who meet sure situations. Beneficiaries of this system are chosen by the Nationwide Concentrating on Family System or the Listahanan. (READ: FACT CHECK: How 4Ps funds are paid out to beneficiaries)

Faux help: Many on-line scams use the official names and logos of presidency businesses and departments to look credible. Rappler has fact-checked scams utilizing the names of DSWD and Landbank: 

– Cyril Bocar/Rappler.com 

Efren Cyril Bocar is a journalist from Llorente, Japanese Samar who graduated with a level in English Language Research on the Visayas State College. Cyril can be a graduate of the Aries Rufo Journalism Fellowship of Rappler for 2024. 

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