Man jailed after using gadget in his car in London to message victims without being stopped by mobile network
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.
This week in the UK, a man was jailed for more than a year for using a blaster in the boot of his car to send out fraudulent messages.
