Someone really was almost deceived because of the text messages sent by this fake base station....😮

@ysq Kindly try to consolidate the information into a single comment when opening a new thread, and explain what that text message actually says, because not everyone understands the language. Otherwise, this post isn't really helpful, if we don't get what the message says. A detailed description of the scam attempt can help us better identify the actual scam tactics used and raise awareness.

Your other comments didn't make much sense either, as such please be advised that I have removed them.
Keep in mind that this isn't really a chat, there must be some coherence in the comments and they should include as much relevant information as possible, to be useful to readers.

Thank you.

Ok. I understand. What does your mobile carrier have to say about these messages? Did they provide any advice or support whatsoever? Truecaller is a good option, in my opinion.

Hello @ysq,

It's been a while since I have been away, but I would like to share a similar story I have on this and also would like to share the steps that I have taken precaution to overcome issue like this and I am not standing on anybody's side on this but just a neutral explanation. So this similar issue have been going on to me for 2 months until I have done the following.

Firstly, yes this issue should be on the ISP side and would agree as yes normally the ISP can't do anything in this case as they will need to get to the main multimedia commision in ones country which will take a long time to get back to and to also know if the agree or not to block it. But normally for this cases it's useless as the attacker has your number and can use other numbers or applications to mimic a random number to then send an sms/message or call you like what you are going through which is well hard to block that person permanently.

Yes, truecaller and other call blocking apps will work, but if you want to permanently block them off like me which I got fed up with scam/spam calls, I would firstly ask you to only add official phone numbers from you bank, ISP, goverment centers etc before turning on block for international/unknown callers in your calling application if you're using android like me (I will attach the screenshot below for your reference). Doing so will in a way white list the stated phone numbers as well as your own contacts that you have added into your list of contacts like family, friends, work contacts, etc. This for me at the moment is a permanent solution.

In terms of INTERPOL and also the scam text group, it has been on the rise and I believe that the respective agencies are doing all that they can as we have seen recently updated Operation HAECHI V where they have seized more than $400 million in virtual assets and government backed currencies. But for now, I have been noticing while using the Bitdefender apps on Windows, Mac and Android, I get scam and also phishing links blocked in almost instantly when a text or notification comes in (I will add a screenshot below as well for this to support this part) before and after the update to scam copilot, both scam copilot and scam alert does work like a charm.

For now I will say that if you want to permanently block, you can download the truecaller as stated above which is good if you want to know who is calling as truecaller database are normally updated on the fly or the other option is like me where I explained in paragraph 2. Who knows maybe Bitdefender is working on something like this and we may see a rollout somewhere in the future? We can only hope for now 😉 right @Alexandru_BD?😅

Anyways, I hope this help you out abit @ysq and I look forward to your warm reply. The screenshot below are for your refernce to the areas that I have bold in Paragraph 2 and 3 respectively.

Best Regards,

Flanksy✌️

@Alexandru_BD You're welcome 😉 And yes @ysq I hope that this does help you out someway and I Thank You as well for the insights as well.

Best Regards,

Flanksy✌️