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Article: Operation cellmate. (sting operation against cellular phone fraud)
- Article from:
- The FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin
- Article date:
- April 1, 1997
- Author:
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 1997 Federal Bureau of Investigation. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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On the way home from work, a woman dashes into a convenience store to pick up a gallon of milk. In her haste, she leaves her portable cellular phone on the front seat of her unlocked car. When she returns, the phone is gone. Across town, another cellular phone owner opens his mail and discovers, to his dismay, that his monthly phone bill includes over $800 in calls he never made. Both of these people have become victims of cellular phone fraud.
With the proliferation of portable cellular phones, many criminals have added a new tool to their belts. Stolen and cloned phones are quickly becoming popular tools for criminals not only to obtain free phone service but ...