What is the phone number 853?

It is an overseas scam call.

Telephone numbers generally consist of three segments, the first half is 853, the middle is 23, and the second half is an irregular eight-digit number, spoofing in the form of simulating a fixed phone number.

Characteristics of transnational telecommunications fraud crimes:

1. Mainly in Southeast Asian countries:

Due to the geographical proximity between my country and Southeast Asian countries, and Easy entry and relatively convenient transfer have made Southeast Asian countries the main areas for transnational telecommunications fraud. In recent years, among the major cases of transnational telecom fraud crimes in my country, Southeast Asian countries such as Myanmar, Malaysia, Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam, and Laos are often the places where the cases occur.

Criminals find suitable locations in these countries to commit crimes and carry out criminal activities in different countries and regions in the form of "guerrilla warfare."

2. Groupization:

Compared with ordinary fraud cases, transnational crimes of telecommunications fraud are more organized and group-like. Criminal gangs often adopt corporate management models, establish specialized organizational frameworks, and adopt corporate management models. This group management model improves the efficiency of criminal activities.

In management, criminal gangs must not only plan the target of fraud, but also adopt strict systems to encourage criminals to carry out fraud activities. The internal organization of professional fraud groups is relatively strict, and they adopt corporate operations. Criminals have a clear division of labor and perform their respective duties. The various groups of such gangs are independent and dispersed from each other, and most criminals at all levels maintain one-to-one single-line contact.

3. Various fraud methods:

With the help of modern science and technology, transnational telecom fraud gangs use sophisticated fraud methods to make fictitious facts more real. Multinational telecom groups will use telecom Communication technology, from the past "bulk text messages" and "automatic dialing" to the current "pseudo base stations", "Trojan viruses", "VOIP technology", etc., the means of telecommunications fraud and transnational crimes are becoming increasingly sophisticated.