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Japan busts fake cell tower used in phishing scheme targeting Chinese tourists

Headline via South China Morning Post · first report 10 Nov, 09:30 IST, latest 10 Nov, 09:30 IST

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So far only South China Morning Post has reported this (10 Nov, 09:30 IST). It will be marked Verified when a second, independent news organisation reports it. Rational Times has not independently confirmed the details: read each report through the links below.

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First report10 Nov, 09:30 IST
Latest report10 Nov, 09:30 IST
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A Chinese man was referred to prosecutors on Monday for allegedly disrupting a major mobile carrier’s services in Tokyo’s Ginza shopping district with a rogue cell tower device, with police investigating possible links to a phishing scheme using illegal radio…

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