Man accused of sending million of SMS appears in court
It's been revealed a Sydney man who police say is behind an SMS scam is accused of sending more than 17 million messages in just a week. The 39-year-old has appeared in court on charges with a maximum sentence of ten years in prison.
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00:00 Most people have received them. Some fall for them.
00:05 SMS phishing aims to collect personal or banking information through sham links sent by text
00:12 designed to look like it's from a legitimate company.
00:15 And this is what police allege is behind the scenes.
00:19 A NSW cybercrime strike force investigated an alleged phishing scam
00:24 and in mid-December they found two of these devices, SIM boxes, at a home in Moorbank.
00:30 Juan Su is the man police claim sent more than 17 million scam text messages before he was arrested.
00:37 Many were designed to look like they were from Australia Post and Toll Company linked.
00:42 According to court documents, they were sent in just a week.
00:45 Today the 39-year-old faced Liverpool local court.
00:49 Mr Su, did you send those scam text messages?
00:52 No plea has been entered.
00:55 I need to take further instructions before I can advise my client any further.
00:59 Mr Su was already facing a charge of using equipment connected to a network to commit a serious offence.
01:05 Today in court it was revealed he's also been charged with dealing with identity information,
01:09 which has a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison.
01:13 According to court documents, the second charge relates to the alleged use of passport and driver's licence information
01:20 with the intention of committing or facilitating fraud.
01:23 It's alleged that occurred between September 2022 and the arrest.
01:28 Can you stop filming my baby?
01:30 Mr Su remains on bail and his case returns to court in April.
01:34 in April.
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