The Ministry of information industry and for operators designated scam SMS channel

"Long time no see, how are you doing? "... [reply]," to the weekend, where to eat tonight? Believe that a lot of mobile phone users have received such a puzzling greeting messages, the letter is also a strange number. Out of curiosity, some users might reply: "who are you?"" Do you know, reply to this message will fall into the trap others, a few dollars fee information being cheated......

"This is not a scam, stealing money, stealing behavior." Telecommunication Management Bureau of Ministry of information industry has been involved in a message regulatory officials told reporters, with the improvement of various regulatory measures in place, policies and regulations, SMS market is not the early development of the "Robbers in a flagrant way", has become more and more subtle trap messages. Although the telecommunications regulatory departments at all levels have taken various measures, the Ministry of information industry has repeatedly issued the relevant regulations, but some unscrupulous operators still SMS through deception, luring and other ways to allow users to customize various SMS charges, so as to achieve the purpose of money making. "The Ministry of information industry next month will begin to focus on remediation of this scam behavior."

The author has also received this kind of fraud messages, but I have not been on the. But from the moment that is "blind eye" friends know this scam trick basic as follows: if users reply to a message to the other side of the specified number, the service provider will default SMS confirmation to customize their SMS (possibly charges a monthly fee may also be according to the charges), and mobile phone users will received similar to fortune telling, prediction of peach blossom and vulgar sexual techniques etc., of course, in this process, the user has been quietly to each other "contribution" for a few dollars fee information. Another situation is as free as bait, but not that free time, so that consumers mistakenly think that the long-term free, which have fallen into the trap of free sms.

The Ministry of information industry, the official told reporters, the Ministry of information industry has issued the "norms on short message service related issues notice" (Ministry of electricity 2004. 136) and "on the hot issues of the current governance of telecom service guidance" (Ministry of electricity 2005 No. 54) and other documents required on the regulation of a variety of SMS traps and other non-standard telecommunication business. In accordance with the requirements of these documents, charge SMS confirmation process for the specific user application through the website or mobile phone service providers to submit information customization service, information service provider in the received user service application, to confirm the information sent to the user, and the request to confirm the information shall include fees upon confirmation of receipt of user feedback. The information service providers to provide services to users and the corresponding billing. If the user does not confirm the feedback, as a user to revoke the service request. In accordance with the requirements of this process, the above text messaging service provider is arranged to customize the user's service application, directly to the user to send a message to confirm the nature of the fraud, lure users fooled."

"From the beginning of July, the information industry will begin remediation this SMS scam, in accordance with the" norms on short message service related issues notice "(letter of 2004 No. 136) documents required by examination, given severe punishment does not conform to the requirements of the information service provider, or even cancel the qualification of SMS business." The official added, "MII had been punished a number does not meet the requirements of the information service provider."

Here, I also tell the reader a few strokes to avoid SMS trap method: the current telecom operators in accordance with the Ministry of information industry will request the opening of the channel, you can send SMS to 00000 service provider code, will cancel all of its business. If you still don't trust, or do not know what the short message service customization, there is a move can help you quickly understand and take down these operations: 0000 mobile users to edit text messages sent to 186201, China Unicom users dial 10109696 U-Mail hotline, SMS business can know their own custom, they will tell you take down the way through the reply message or by other means, when necessary, can move 1860, China Unicom's customer service hotline 10010 to assist you to cancel the custom. In addition, for some malignant deception or dissatisfaction with the results of information service providers, you can also directly to the Ministry of information industry telecommunications users Complaint Center complaint, complaint phone 12300.