POLICE WARN OF SMS ‘BLASTER' SCAMS

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Police warned about SMS "blaster" devices after Chinese student Ruichen Xiong was jailed for over a year for using one to send fraudulent messages while driving in London in March. These radio devices lure phones from legitimate networks with stronger signals, enabling criminals to send texts without phone numbers and bypass anti-spam measures to conduct "smishing" attacks that steal personal info. Experts suggest Android users disable 2G and iPhone users filter unknown messages. Report suspicious texts to 7726.