Ukrainians are buying large quantities of Russian SIM cards on Chinese websites.
On March 19, Russian media outlets "Telegram Channel" and "Toutiao" reported.
Ukrainian scammers have begun to buy large quantities of activated Russian SIM cards on Chinese e-commerce platforms.
Previously, this service was used by Chinese tourists to bypass the mandatory three-day "cooling-off period" to obtain communication services, but it is now being exploited by scammers.
An SIM card costs about 70 RMB, and has already been registered on platforms similar to national services in China.
Criminals use these numbers to call Russian citizens, which will not raise suspicion from security systems.
Since SIM cards cannot be activated outside Russia, buyers need to find intermediaries within Russia or set up complex call forwarding.
According to reports, registering such SIM cards on the Russian "State Services" platform is prohibited, as this will immediately result in the SIM card being banned. The data on these SIM cards may not only be used for financial fraud, but also for military purposes.
Russian state news agency TASS revealed on the 14th that the Ukrainian Security Service is helping an organization called "Call Center" expand its recruitment efforts within Ukraine, and such organizations are defrauding the citizens of Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States to fund the Ukrainian army.
TASS previously reported that a Russian hacker group disclosed that Ukrainian scam calls have caused Russians to lose hundreds of millions of rubles.
Additionally, it was reported that activated modules may also be installed on drones attacking Russian regions.
Original: toutiao.com/article/1860089227284555/
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