A recent Secret Service raid uncovers an insane network of SIM cards—along with the oddest piece of hardware I’ve ever seen. Here’s the deal with the SIM bank.
the linked article did mention apartments were “abandoned”, so maybe it is actual organized crime local to NYC. Whoever it was would have to be pretty entrenched to know where is safe to set up.
If it were just run of the mill spam/scam stuff, why not just use VoIP or contract out like the rest of them do? It would certainly be cheaper if that were the goal. There are many, many different reasons to want so many local numbers that are beyond the obvious. Personally, I have questions.
Call recipient can tell when incoming number terminates at a data center (most VOIP). They like cellular network numbers for the same reason they like residential IP addresses.
the linked article did mention apartments were “abandoned”, so maybe it is actual organized crime local to NYC. Whoever it was would have to be pretty entrenched to know where is safe to set up.
If it were just run of the mill spam/scam stuff, why not just use VoIP or contract out like the rest of them do? It would certainly be cheaper if that were the goal. There are many, many different reasons to want so many local numbers that are beyond the obvious. Personally, I have questions.
Call recipient can tell when incoming number terminates at a data center (most VOIP). They like cellular network numbers for the same reason they like residential IP addresses.