In the editorial office Onliner.by received a letter from one of our readers. In it he talked about not a very common form of mobile fraud, which can be quite detrimental to the wallet cellular subscribers (especially during the stay outside the country).

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In the editorial office Onliner.by received a letter from one of our readers. In it he talked about not a very common form of mobile fraud, which can be quite detrimental to the wallet cellular subscribers (especially during the stay outside the country).

"Vacationing with his family in Egypt from 29 October to 10 November this year. Wife called several times in Minsk to different numbers, couldn't reach the subscriber, but she answered.

Happened so. After five or six rings on the side of the raised tube, and a female voice in Russian respond with "wait, I'll call your mother", "I have your mom visiting, I'll call you", "the patient was admitted, then I will put" or similar. To listen tube lasted 3-5 minutes, but the Belarusian subscribers of our calls have been received" — said the reader.

In Egypt, roaming obligations, he said, was done by the operator Vodafone Egypt. The wife of the author of the letter addressed to velcom, a statement, and the company promised to investigate. The portion of the calls of the Belarusian operator will return, however, the investigation is not yet complete.

a specialist in the field of mobile communications, explained to us that the above refers to the interception of the call via the GSM gateway. The vulnerability in this case is not related to any specific operator.

the company velcom, in turn, are unable to provide Onliner.by prompt an official comment on the situation.

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