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Evening Standard
Martyn Landi

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

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 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 fine in Scotland and Northern Ireland.

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