(UPDATE) THE Cybercrime Investigation and Coordination Center (CICC) on Tuesday told senators that six syndicates are behind the smishing and text scams victimizing millions of mobile phone users.

The CICC made the revelation during the Senate finance subcommittee hearing on the budget of the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT).

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