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Even China's tech billionaires not safe from phone scams

(Xinhua) Updated: 2016-04-28 08:26

Even China's tech billionaires not safe from phone scams

The huge network of illegal mobile signal sender/blockers in big cities-they are known as pseudo base stations-are the prime reason for the sudden outbreak of tech-savvy crimes, investigators said. [Photo/CFP]

"I have a friend who was cheated out of 200,000 yuan ($30,800)," one Weibo user wrote.

Others asked whether the IT mogul could do anything to stop the fraudulent messages.

"Mr Lei, can you make a smartphone that can detect all these scams?" microblogger "C Luoxuan" asked.

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