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The scam texts contained counterfeit links posing as communications from Australia Post or toll road operators and were purportedly dispatched using “SIM boxes,” devices capable of sending tens of thousands of messages daily.
The individual was charged with utilizing networked equipment to “commit a serious offense” and was subsequently granted bail.
uburban Sydney has been charged by Australian police for dispatching 17 million scam text messages, equivalent to nearly one message for every adult in the country. The 39-year-old, whose identity remains undisclosed, has been identified as the sole perpetrator behind the wave of scam texts affecting mobile phone users nationwide, according to New South Wales police.