The Guardian reported:
A portable phone mast that blitzes every nearby mobile phone with credible-looking scam text messages is the latest weapon being used by fraudsters.
The “SMS blaster” lets criminals send out texts without the need for them to have obtained the victims’ numbers and without being stopped by the phone networks’ anti-spam measures.
Mobiles are tricked into connecting with the blaster on a fake 2G network, instead of with a legitimate phone tower.
A portable phone mast that blitzes every nearby mobile phone with credible-looking scam text messages is the latest weapon being used by fraudsters.
The “SMS blaster” lets criminals send out texts without the need for them to have obtained the victims’ numbers and without being stopped by the phone networks’ anti-spam measures.
Mobiles are tricked into connecting with the blaster on a fake 2G network, instead of with a legitimate phone tower.
To see how the fraudster was caught go to the original article here.
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