What is the SIM box, how is 10 to 12 thousand people being called daily by cheating?

Recently, a large SIM box cyber fraud gang has been exposed in Bihar, which was cheating hundreds of people daily through fake calls. This fraud remains a problem not only for the Indian but also for foreigners. After all, what is this SIM box and how it makes people a victim of such a large scale every day, let’s know.

How is the call of cheating?

The SIM box is a device in which many SIM cards can be added, which also confuse surveillance. Investigation found that more than a thousand messages can be sent in the same clip simultaneously through a SIM box. Any criminal conspiracy can also be done with this message. Cyber thugs convert international calls into local numbers with its help, hiding the identity of the caller. Due to which it seems that this call has come from the local number and it is also beneficial that it takes local charge instead of international international. Due to which the telecom industry is also damaged. The agencies about the SIM box crime network are more alert because the network of this fraud network is spreading in many states.

Tantra used to run with foreign leaders

261 SIMs were being used in the four SIM box recovered in Narayanpur in Bhojpur district of Bihar, in the investigation, it was found that these SIM cards were procured from Malda in West Bengal. EOU investigation revealed that through this SIM box, international calls were converted into local calls, so that people were easily caught in the net of cyber thugs. The gang had ordered 8 SIM box devices from China and Vietnam, with the help of which 10,000 to 12,000 fake calls were made daily. The gang was in touch with foreign cyber criminals through social media and telegram groups. Together with these foreign leaders, he used to run the entire mechanism of cyber Thaki. Thugs looted people in ways like fake government schemes, lottery or bank fraud.

How to avoid cyber fraud

Do not rely on calls coming from unknown numbers, especially if a government plan or lottery is lured. Never share your bank account or OTP information. If you get such calls, then immediately file a complaint on the nearest police station or cyber crime portal.

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