Telecom operators must help combat fraudsters

Xu Yuyu, an 18-year-old woman from a rural village in East China's Shandong province, died last week of a heart attack reportedly caused by her distress at being fleeced of nearly 10,000 yuan ($1,500).

The high school graduate had been enrolled by a university in neighboring Jiangsu province, and the money was what the financially strained family had saved to pay for her tuition fees.

The tragedy has once again brought telecom scams into the spotlight.