25.000 Euro for your old Nokia 1100
Nokia top selling phone on crime most wanted list
During an ongoing investigation in to Cross Border ID Theft gangs that
are specialized in card and on-line banking fraud. Ultrascan-kpo.com
found an increasing demand for old Nokia's 1100 mobile phone.
Made in Germany
Nokia's cheap 1100 handset has reportedly racked up "over 200 million
sales" since it launched. But only the model 1100 made in Germany is wanted by the crime rings.
out of the ordinary offers for an old mobile phone
Six months ago out of the ordinary offers started to float the internet
fora and auction sites, prices started to rise above Nokia's official
price of around 100 euro.
In January this year offers ranged from trading against iPods or cash
300 euro. In the past two months prices ranged between 7.500 and 10.000
euro, but this week a Nokia 1100 was sold for 25.000 euro
Nokia 1100 hacked to insert any mobile number and intercept Mobile TAN
Further investigations revealed that, in particular East European gangs,
were buying this German Nokia 1100, were able to hack this model to
insert any mobile phone number and use it for criminal purposes,
especially to intercept the mobile (sms) TAN code during on-line banking
fraud.
UPDATE April 25 2009
We have received 3 German Nokia 1100 for testing. We have outsourced the testing of the phone, to be examined and tested to see if the TAN interception can be replicated. Result are expected around the end of this month.