China. Mobile phone users warned about traps

To address rising concerns from the public about crimes relating to fake calls and text messages which have been flooding users in the country, Chinese authorities have begun a nationwide crackdown on the fake and illegal short message services.

"The People's Daily reported on Wednesday that the national campaign is being jointly organized by the Ministry of Public Security, Ministry of Information Industry, and the China Banking Regulatory Commission, in a bid to protect the interests of the common people.

Police officers are warning the public against the illegal and fake SMS messages, saying that criminal suspects operate in groups behind the scene, often generating huge amounts of illegal SMS messages using equipment assembled together in remote places.

The criminals sometimes claim to offer bank account and transferring services, often with compelling features, and even claiming to be in the name of banking and public security offices themselves."

[via China View]

Related:

-- Shangai. Crackdown on SMS porn, scams, fraud

-- Plague of fraudulent banking text messages breaks out in Beijing

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