China declares war on cell phone message scams
China has declared war on scams using mobile phone short messages that promise everything from fake cash prizes to sexual services to contract killings. It’s good to see other countries are getting fed up with the spam and scams that are starting to hit cell phones.
Laws governing China’s mobile phone market have fallen behind its explosive growth, which has generated huge profits for short message service providers.
“Illegal short messages have become a major cause of damage to social order,” Wu Heping, spokesman for the Ministry of Public Security, was quoted as saying by the Beijing News on Wednesday. Nine scams by one group — a drop in the bucket of the nationwide problem — tricked victims out of more than 1 million yuan ($124,000) in less than 20 days, Wu said.
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