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A cybercriminal who deployed a fake phone tower concealed within a suitcase to bombard thousands of commuters with text messages during peak rush hour has been jailed.

Kong Ji Chen, 31, was caught when a vigilant passenger received a fraudulent text whilst travelling on the Victoria Line at Victoria underground station – where mobile signal is typically non-existent.

The message, claiming to be from 'Parcel Mail', said that a package had arrived for the recipient but that 'shipment has been suspended due to [sic] missing house number'.

It then went on to ask recipients to enter their personal details on a fraudulent web link.

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