Police allege the Townsville man sent between four and five million fake text messages in a phishing scam. The texts claimed to be from Centrelink, Medicare, Australia Post, Linkt and other companies.
A North Queensland man has been charged over an alleged phishing scam involving millions of fake text messages.A North Queensland man alleged to have sent millions of fake text messages in a bid to steal personal identity information has been remanded in custody.
The messages claimed to be from Centrelink, Medicare, Australia Post, the Commonwealth Bank, Transurban and Linkt.He was remanded in custody to allow the court to find a Mandarin translator.Police said they seized 12,000 SIM cards after searching an address in the Townsville suburb of Aitkenvale on Tuesday, as well as a SIM box capable of sending mass text messages.
Mr Liu is facing one charge of possessing equipment for the purpose of obtaining identity information.
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