Four nabbed in crackdown on fake SMS scam that cost victims over RM110,000


KUALA LUMPUR: Four men have been detained in connection with a text messaging scam bearing the name of a telecommunications company.

The syndicate would use a base transceiver station (BTS) to generate the fake messages to send to mobile phone users, according to Bukit Aman's Commercial Crime Investigation Department (CCID).

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