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By Chiu Chun-fu and Jonathan Chin / Staff reporter, with staff writer
Scammers in Hanoi are stealing SIM cards of returning Vietnamese migrant workers and Taiwanese tourists to commit fraud, the Criminal Investigation Bureau (CIB) said.
Perpetrators pose as vendors to sell fake Vietnamese SIM cards near Noi Bai International Airport, and then offer to help the buyer install the “card,” during which they would steal the Taiwanese SIM, the bureau’s Anti-Fraud Center said.
Organized crime, especially those involved in telecom fraud, have an insatiable appetite for stolen SIM cards, which could be used in burner phones, it added.
Photo copied by Chiu Chun-fu, Taipei Times
Since April, 38 people have reported that after returning to Taiwan, they found fake SIM cards in their devices and their phone numbers suspended after being used in fraudulent activities, the center…
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