Scammers Use Fake Cell Towers and Texts to Target Victims
TL;DR
Cybercriminals are now using portable fake cell towers called SMS blasters that can send up to 100,000 texts per hour, impersonate any sender, and target phones within a large radius, making scams more widespread and harder to detect, with recent incidents reported across Asia, Europe, and South America.
Topics:businesstechnology#cell-towers#cybercrime#scammers#sms-blasters#technology#text-message-scams
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