Percy Onyeka
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On Wednesday, Australian authorities charged a man residing in a Sydney suburb of sending 17 million fraudulent texts, nearly one for each adult in the nation.
The 39-year-old, who has not been identified, is, according to New South Wales police, solely to blame for the scam texts that have been bothering cell phone customers all throughout the nation.
The texts included fake links purporting to be from Australia Post or toll road operators and were allegedly sent using “SIM boxes” that can send tens of thousands of messages per day.
The man was charged with using networked equipment to “commit serious offence” and granted bail.
“SMS phishing is one of the most common tactics deployed by scammers to obtain banking and other personal information from a victim,” said Jason Smith, commander of the police Cybercrime Squad.
“SIM boxes can hold over 250 active SIM cards and will typically send out up to 150,000 messages per day containing phishing lures to various scams.”
Techrectory with Agency Report.
