What can criminals do with their mobile phone numbers?

First, a steady stream of spam messages: this is a very common thing. No wonder CCTV exposed spam messages at the 3. 15 party twice in a row. The latest news is that the base station can be used as a sending center to send short messages to mobile users in the coverage area of the base station. This short message system can send 1.5 million messages every ten minutes.

Second, harassing phone calls come one after another: originally, only friends, classmates or relatives knew the phone calls, and they were often called by strangers, some selling insurance, some selling decoration and some selling baby products. If you don't go to them, they will come to you automatically.

Third, spam messages are overwhelming: after personal information is leaked, the mailbox can receive more than a dozen spam messages every day, mainly for sales promotion, but also for disorderly and uninspiring advertisements. Therefore, the first thing that many users open their mailboxes every day is to delete spam.

4. Pretend to overdraw debt by card: Some people use the personal information they bought to apply for identity cards, defraud the bank's credit online, handle various credit cards of the bank, and maliciously overdraw consumption. Then the bank may directly send the overdue reminder to the owner of the ID card, and others need to pay back the money spent under the guise.

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Methods to prevent the leakage of mobile phone numbers;

1. Regularly modify information such as mobile phone account password;

2. Don't download applications in unfamiliar software markets to avoid downloading pirated software with viruses;

3. Don't disclose your mobile phone number at will, and don't throw away express parcels or phone bills at will, and handle them reasonably;

4. You can try to install some mobile phone security software, which will automatically start when you use your mobile phone, so as to ensure the security of your mobile phone information.

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