According to news on December 7, Shanghai Internet refuted rumors that someone pretended to be an employee of a telecommunications company and went into residents' homes to install "set-top boxes". This was actually a tool for telecommunications fraud! November 30,The Shanghai Anti-Fraud Center discovered that three fixed phone numbers in Baoshan District made a large number of calls suspected of committing telecom network fraud.
At the same time, the telecommunications company called the police and reported that someone pretended to be an employee of the telecommunications company and entered the residents' homes to install equipment.
The investigation found thatThe device delivered to the door is a black "set-top box", which is actually a GOIP device equipped with a router and a traffic card.
Data shows that GOIP equipment is a virtual dial-up device and a new type of fraud tool commonly used by fraudsters.
GOIP can convert traditional telephone signals into network signals, and one device can operate hundreds of mobile phone cards at the same time.Criminals use domestic "GOIP" equipment to remotely control domestic SIM cards overseas to commit fraud.
On December 2, the suspect was captured. He had been trained by an overseas telecom network fraud gang. He pretended to be an employee of the telecom company and used "free upgrade services" and other techniques to win the trust of elderly residents. He installed a total of 15 sets of related equipment, and the amount involved was about 5,000 yuan.