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Yape Rolls Out Anonymous In-App Extortion Reporting as BCP Launches Emergency Card Blocks

The measures reflect new government rules responding to Peru’s spike in cellphone thefts.

¿Es delito no devolver un Yape enviado por error? Esto opinan los especialistas
El especialista puntualiza la importancia de conocer que la presentación de un reporte falso es causal de delito.
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Overview

  • Yape activated a Report Extortion option that lets its roughly 15 million users flag suspect accounts anonymously in compliance with the latest regulation.
  • CEO Raimundo Morales said each submission will be evaluated and can be shared to support investigations by the relevant authorities.
  • To file a report, users open the transaction, choose I need help, select Report extortion, and provide details of the case.
  • Separately, BCP introduced an Emergency Block that lets customers disable debit and credit cards in real time at more than 10,000 BCP Agents using a DNI and card PIN without internet access.
  • Osiptel reports more than 4,000 cellphone thefts daily in Peru, and specialists caution that submitting a false extortion report may constitute a criminal offense.