Fighting SIM card fraud: New bill targets irresponsible subscribers, middlemen and errant retailers

Second Minister for Home Affairs Josephine Teo speaking in Parliament on Tuesday.Think you can make easy money by providing your personal details for someone else to sign up for a SIM card?Tougher laws may soon be imposed on those who are caught misusing and selling local SIM cards to facilitate scams.

"Armed with even just one SIM card, a scammer can do a great deal of harm," she said, citing a 2021 case where a single local mobile line was linked to 48 job scam reports, with losses amounting to around $1 million. Those who register SIM cards in their names for legitimate purposes, such as for family members' use will be excluded.The proposed law will also target middlemen who possess or transfer local SIM cards that are registered with another person's particulars.

Infocomm Media Development Authority had announced earlier this year that from April 15, an individual will be allowed to"These provisions will not only cover local SIM cards registered with other persons' particulars, but will also cover unregistered local SIM cards, as these can be easily activated by scammers using stolen credentials," said Teo.

Recently, the police arrested four mobile phone retailers who used the particulars of their subscribers to register post-paid SIM cards. They then sold these SIM cards to customers, likely scammers, who wanted to conceal their identity.

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