China cracking down as criminals use cellphones, Internet

According to the AFP, a growing number of Chinese criminals send text messages or emails with the sole purpose of hoodwinking people into parting with their money.

"Defrauders send false messages to a mass of cell phone users, telling them they have won prizes in a lottery or they are offered very cheap smuggled goods," said Zhang Xinfeng, assistant minister of public security.

So China has kicked off a two-month campaign to stamp out the abuses - which sounds kind of abusive itself where officials have been told to step up supervision of text messages ( they do that?) and keep a closer eye on who registers new phone numbers or opens new bank accounts ( they do that too?)

emily | 9:07 PM | News, Buzz |
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