What are the advantages and disadvantages of Zhejiang Mobile's default shutdown to answer international, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan calls?

Have you seen a news these two days? Someone sent a screenshot, which is a short message from China Mobile Zhejiang. The content of SMS means that Zhejiang Mobile will close international, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan telephones by default to prevent overseas telephone fraud and protect the safety of customers' property.

Subsequently, the relevant person in charge of China Mobile Zhejiang Company said it was true, and the company was informing customers in batches through SMS. It is worth mentioning that if you need to answer international, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan calls, you need to send 12 19 to 10086 before May 20th for confirmation and registration. After registration, you will be told to confirm the reservation of international, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan telephone answering function, but you may receive international, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan voice calls, including many fraudulent calls or junk calls. You must pay attention to the risks. Users who do not register or register incorrectly will turn off this function in batches. If you need to turn off the international, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan voice answering function, you can send "190 1" to 10086 for handling.

This action is really a good sign, because I have received many overseas calls these days. Telephone fraud seems to be rampant these days.

As for the pros and cons, I think the advantages definitely outweigh the disadvantages. Why do you say that?

As we all know, China has cracked down on telecom fraud recently, and their living space in China is almost gone, so many fraud criminal gangs have moved abroad. It is said that more than 80% of telecom fraud gangs handled by Jiangsu police are located in Southeast Asian countries, which are systematic in operation and grid-managed, making it hard to prevent, and most of them are investments. These fraudsters generally have one characteristic. The police of the provincial anti-fraud center said that Bitu Criminal Group will set up administrative departments and financial departments in the Philippines and other places, customer service departments and risk control departments in Thailand and other places, marketing departments and technical departments in Laos and other places, and websites and servers in the United States and other places. This wave of operation is really shocking.

This upgrade makes it more difficult and costly for the police to crack down on criminals. Because of various factors, it is very difficult to obtain evidence and enforce the law, and it is even more difficult to catch all criminals. For example, in 20 19, Mongolian police handed over more than 700 suspects of electric fraud from China to China police. This case is under the jurisdiction and investigation of Jiangsu public security organs, but the gang members are basically at the bottom, with few middle-level members and no leader.

Based on these, a large part of fraudulent calls are made from overseas, because domestic calls now require real-name registration system, and criminals have moved fraudulent "call centers" overseas. In fact, the three major telecom operators have been doing a lot of work to minimize telecom fraud in this channel. However, closing the demand for international calls this time has no impact on many users, but it is beneficial, at least to ensure the safety of property.

In fact, Henan Mobile, Henan Unicom and Henan Telecom have also issued announcements recently. Since May 7th, the international, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan SMS receiving functions have been turned off by default. For Henan users who need international, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan calls or short messages, they can bring their ID cards to local mobile, China Unicom and telecom companies to handle their own business halls or send short messages to confirm the opening.

On March 22nd, it was reported that Jiangxi Telecom, Jiangxi Mobile and Jiangxi Unicom issued a joint announcement. In order to strictly control overseas fraudulent short messages, since March 28, the international short message receiving service for users in Jiangxi Province, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan has been adjusted to be opened according to users' applications.

Liaoning has closed the international, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan short message receiving function since 0: 00 on June 25, 2022; Guizhou has been implemented at 0: 00 on 20211.27; Zhejiang started to implement it at 00: 00 on August 1 Sunday, 20265438.

According to the news, the above-mentioned provinces are only pilot projects, and the international, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan SMS receiving functions will be closed or expanded nationwide in the future. However, according to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, there is no notice of the above-mentioned relevant information and planning arrangements.

Everyone should understand this practice of the relevant departments and realize that it is beneficial to us.

As for the disadvantages of this practice, I think it can be ignored. It is mentioned in the article that people who have business abroad need telephone contact, or those who have relatives abroad can take the initiative to open up these needs, which is a very flexible policy. However, compared with the importance of effectively controlling fraud risks, these are not shortcomings.

What do you think of this? You can have a chat in the comments section. I hope there is no fraud in the world.