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Text scams warning of unpaid road tolls fueled by cybercriminal salesmen on Telegram | A network of Chinese Telegram users is advertising toolkits that allow scammers to easily steal victims' credit card information.
A network of Chinese Telegram users is advertising toolkits that allow scammers to easily steal victims' credit card information.
It’s the end result of an elaborate online syndicate of Chinese-speaking scammers selling ready-made cybercrime kits on Telegram for stealing credit cards and personal information, experts tell NBC News. Ford Merrill, a researcher at SecAlliance, a subsidiary of the cybersecurity company CSIS Security Group, has tracked the scam in Telegram channels since 2023, and told NBC News he has seen it rapidly escalate in recent months. A spokesperson for China’s embassy in Washington, D.C., told NBC News in an emailed statement that the country’s government “stands firm in combating crimes of telecom and online fraud, fighting cross-border illegal and criminal activities and protecting the lawful rights and interests of Chinese citizens.”
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