If anyone has wondered what equipment is needed to send thousands of scam text messages, then take look at the image below.
Police in Manchester arrested a 21 year old scammer in a hotel last month. (June 2021) He had allegedly sent 26,000 phishing text messages in just one day all of which appeared to have been sent by the parcel delivery company Hermes.
The box of tricks to the right of the laptop and with the aerials on it, is designed to send out multiple text messages. For each aerial you see, there will be an associated SIM card in fact, you can also see the SIM card packaging between the laptop and device which was probably bought for 99p from a local shop?
Be alert to suspicious communications, forward texts to 7726 and emails to [email protected]
