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UK to ban 'sim farms' used by scammers to send mass fraud messages

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2025-04-24
London (PA Media/dpa) - Sim farm devices capable of holding multiple sim cards enabling scammers to send thousands of scam text messages at once are to be banned under UK government plans to crack down on fraud. The ban, the first of its kind in Europe, will make the possession or supply of the devices without good reason illegal, with unlimited fines in England and Wales and a £5,000 ($6,600) fine in Scotland and Northern Ireland. The government......
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