400,000 SIM card Chinese 'click farm' busted in Thailand

[Sithara007]

Yes, SIM cards are just around 20 pennies a piece here in the Philippines and retailers are not required to take customer information before they sell them.

That is quite weird. In most of the countries, strict ID verification is required before you can purchase the SIM cards. That is why in the dark market sites such as Alphabay, the SIM cards are in high demand.

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[freedomno1]

How did they managed to purchase 400,000 SIM cards? In my country, it is very tough to get a SIM card. You need to show your ID cards. And if there are more than 4-5 cards issued against your name, then usually the cops will appear at your doorstep. How these guys managed to get 400,000?

Depends on the country some vendors just sell them on the street and you can buy as many as you want, but I guess it really depends on the country social media generating likes I guess is a good way to build reputation unless you get caught doing it of course ^^.
The question is how do you use that many sim cards between three people ... it would take a while in my opinion nice investment into the future though.

[joebrook]

These kind of things are also known as sim box fraud  in my country, the perpetrators scams the local service providers and get profits from foreign calls and you will think you are receiving a local call.

[Mometaskers]

Yes, SIM cards are just around 20 pennies a piece here in the Philippines and retailers are not required to take customer information before they sell them.

That is quite weird. In most of the countries, strict ID verification is required before you can purchase the SIM cards. That is why in the dark market sites such as Alphabay, the SIM cards are in high demand.

Yup, quite weird no? Maybe it's the effect of having a large informal sector. I don't think that even with regulations, that people would be able to stop buying SIMs anonymously. They can just buy SIMs from individuals that have theirs before new regulations are implemented.

IMHO the only way to go is for everyone to be postpaid, with the SIMs imbedded in the phones. That way, you can just arrest anyone trying to sell SIMs.

[criptix]

Yes, SIM cards are just around 20 pennies a piece here in the Philippines and retailers are not required to take customer information before they sell them.

That is quite weird. In most of the countries, strict ID verification is required before you can purchase the SIM cards. That is why in the dark market sites such as Alphabay, the SIM cards are in high demand.

Yup, quite weird no? Maybe it's the effect of having a large informal sector. I don't think that even with regulations, that people would be able to stop buying SIMs anonymously. They can just buy SIMs from individuals that have theirs before new regulations are implemented.

IMHO the only way to go is for everyone to be postpaid, with the SIMs imbedded in the phones. That way, you can just arrest anyone trying to sell SIMs.

Sim cards can be deactivated by the provider with one button.

In industry nations it is standard for a while now that you can only register a simcard with your ID.
The old sim cards only work until a certain date.

Reasons are counter terrorism and organized crime.

[Mometaskers]

Yes, SIM cards are just around 20 pennies a piece here in the Philippines and retailers are not required to take customer information before they sell them.

That is quite weird. In most of the countries, strict ID verification is required before you can purchase the SIM cards. That is why in the dark market sites such as Alphabay, the SIM cards are in high demand.

Yup, quite weird no? Maybe it's the effect of having a large informal sector. I don't think that even with regulations, that people would be able to stop buying SIMs anonymously. They can just buy SIMs from individuals that have theirs before new regulations are implemented.

IMHO the only way to go is for everyone to be postpaid, with the SIMs imbedded in the phones. That way, you can just arrest anyone trying to sell SIMs.

Sim cards can be deactivated by the provider with one button.

In industry nations it is standard for a while now that you can only register a simcard with your ID.
The old sim cards only work until a certain date.

Reasons are counter terrorism and organized crime.

The asshole politicians in my shithole third world country are taking their time. Funny is that they'd cut off signal during certain festivals to prevent phone detonated bombs but can't pass a legislation requiring people to at least show an ID when buying SIMs. Congress need to be bombed just for them to actually do anything.

[Rhosadah]

Whether the activities they are doing are illegal,
I think logically that the activity is a form of organized fraud, where they do a lie to users of social media and online shopping.
Where the online shop has many of its users and trusted, by paying the services of companies like fake follower, this form of virtual crime that must be eliminated.

[hilariousandco]

I wonder how long it is till some sweatshop gets busted with people shitposting here on bitcointalk with their hundreds of accounts  .

How did they managed to purchase 400,000 SIM cards? In my country, it is very tough to get a SIM card. You need to show your ID cards. And if there are more than 4-5 cards issued against your name, then usually the cops will appear at your doorstep. How these guys managed to get 400,000?

You don't need anything in the UK. In fact, some providers will give you them for free because they want your business. There's also the black market.

[merchantofzeny]

What would you expect, merch gonna merch.  The ethical issue aside, what would the Thai police charge them with? Would this be considered cybercrime under Thai law? Coz after all, this is not a cybersex den, nor even an illegal online casino. And they're not technically scamming anyone, they were "hired" by business to simply like posts.