MOBILE SPAM ACTIVELY PENETRATES INTO ARMENIA FROM THAILAND, MADAGASCAR AND BULGARIA
ArmInfo
2008-10-30 13:11:00
ArmInfo. Mobile spammers who started attacking the subscribers of
Armenian mobile operators VivaCell-MTS and ArmenTel this year have
rather activated.
Head of ArmenTel CJSC Public Relations Office Anush Begloyan told
ArmInfo the main flow of mobile spam into Armenia is from Thailand,
Madagascar and Bulgaria. In particular, subscribers receive SMS
congratulating them on winning a big amount, car or other prizes. To
receive the prize, subscribers are required to contact the foreign
phone number. Afterwards they are requested to send a not large
amount for registration of documents or opening of bank accounts,
for instance. The goal of spammers is to get this amount.
‘Although there is no easy solution to the problem of mobile spam,
there are a series of key aspects for any really effective solution
including identification of SMS-centers through which the messages
are received. At present our company is engaged in identification
of these centers’, A. Begloyan said. ‘We are ready to study any
proposal for settlement of the problem and cooperate with the
companies interested. Beeline calls on its clients not to respond to
spam-offers>, she said.
For his part, VivaCell-MTS Press Secretary Vahe Isahakyan said the
company also works to expose the sources of such spam. ‘However,
there are cases when it is impossible to expose the spammers even with
help of foreign operators we actively cooperate with in the sphere’,
he said. V. Isahakyan explained that in some cases mobile spam is
received through Internet which practically rules out identification
of spammers. VivaCell-MTS also warns its subscribers not to respond
to such messages, he said.