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Authorities catch 'SMS blaster' gang that drove around Bangkok sending thousands of phishing messages | TechCrunch

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Thai authorities arrest two organized fraud gangs accused of sending hundreds of thousands of malicious SMS messages to nearby cellphones.

The gang reportedly sent close to 1 million malicious SMS text messages over a three-day period in mid-November .

The messages were designed to trick recipients into thinking they had won a free gift.

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