How did they managed to purchase 400,000 SIM cards? In my country, it is very tough to get a SIM card. You need to show your ID cards. And if there are more than 4-5 cards issued against your name, then usually the cops will appear at your doorstep. How these guys managed to get 400,000?
Such tight control exists only in such totalitarian countries as your Russian. In my country, no problem, you can buy any SIM cards. Mobile operators receive revenues and they are not interested in the spam problem. It is not a violation of the law. 
Topic: 400,000 SIM card Chinese 'click farm' busted in Thailand - page 2. (Read 1117 times)
How did they managed to purchase 400,000 SIM cards? In my country, it is very tough to get a SIM card. You need to show your ID cards. And if there are more than 4-5 cards issued against your name, then usually the cops will appear at your doorstep. How these guys managed to get 400,000?
I thought of that one too, but I guess Thailand does not regulate use of prepaid sim cards just like here in the Philippines where you can buy sim cards at any store with out the need of an identification card, it's like buying candy from a store. I remember planning to buy a prepaid sim in a 7-11 store in Singapore and they asked me to show my passport, I backed out.Thw law changed a while ago, now you need to register it via id card else the card will not work! I really wonder how he did manage to get them activated because even if you will do a postpaid plan here the goverment verify you.
The only way i could think of is that he have a complice in 7/11 or in a phone shop.
Not far away from my village in sa kaeo, and they used fake iphone's 500 pieces and they had over 700 simcards at least that is what they just said in the local thai news a few moments ago
400000 SIM cards and only three men? That's insane! It's people like this that brings bad reputation to Asian countries.
Ah, this is epic. What I want to know is how the fuck they were pulling this off. 3 people can't manage this many identies, even peripherally. I feel there was more people involved in this, they might have busted them when the full crew wasn't present.If anything, these guys get a cookie. In my book, they weren't doing anything illegal, and effort of this caliber always deserves compliment
The data those guys used. Sweet Jesus the data those guys used.
Agreed. 100% cookie for the effort. shame really they could of come up with a fantastic marketing network if they had thought about it and not been pony to these alleged Chinese companies,
400000 SIM cards and only three men? That's insane! It's people like this that brings bad reputation to Asian countries.
Ah, this is epic. What I want to know is how the fuck they were pulling this off. 3 people can't manage this many identies, even peripherally. I feel there was more people involved in this, they might have busted them when the full crew wasn't present.If anything, these guys get a cookie. In my book, they weren't doing anything illegal, and effort of this caliber always deserves compliment
The data those guys used. Sweet Jesus the data those guys used.
400000 SIM cards and only three men? That's insane! It's people like this that brings bad reputation to Asian countries.
I saw video of thousand cell phones - where they just making views !
How did they managed to purchase 400,000 SIM cards? In my country, it is very tough to get a SIM card. You need to show your ID cards. And if there are more than 4-5 cards issued against your name, then usually the cops will appear at your doorstep. How these guys managed to get 400,000?
I thought of that one too, but I guess Thailand does not regulate use of prepaid sim cards just like here in the Philippines where you can buy sim cards at any store with out the need of an identification card, it's like buying candy from a store. I remember planning to buy a prepaid sim in a 7-11 store in Singapore and they asked me to show my passport, I backed out. 
How did they managed to purchase 400,000 SIM cards? In my country, it is very tough to get a SIM card. You need to show your ID cards. And if there are more than 4-5 cards issued against your name, then usually the cops will appear at your doorstep. How these guys managed to get 400,000?
400,000 SIM card Chinese 'click farm' busted in Thailand
Three Chinese men were detained in Thailand on Tuesday after police discovered they were running a "click farm" from a house near the Cambodian border to generate likes for Chinese products on social media.
The trio was arrested on Sunday after police raided their rental home and discovered a rack of some 500 smart phones hooked up to a computer.
Police also confiscated nearly 400,000 Thai SIM cards allegedly purchased for the operation.
The men, in their late twenties and early thirties, told officers they were hired by Chinese companies to boost "likes" for a number of products, including herbal medicines, candy and a tour company.
"They have been charged with working without work permits because they are on tourist visas and smuggling contraband goods," said immigration officer Colonel Ruengdet Thammana, referring to the mobile phones.
Police decided to search the house after they noticed the men rarely left the building or spoke to other people.
Click farms are just one of many online scams that have proliferated in recent years and become a major scourge for social media giants.
Some farms control tens of thousands of fake social media accounts that can be programmed to like pages or posts.
A typical farm might boast hundreds of phones that scammers swap with different SIM cards registered to many accounts.
Or it might be a loose network of real users liking huge quantities of posts for a fee.
The farms are hired by ordinary people and politicians looking to boost their profiles, companies who want to game ranking algorithms to ensure products are given priority, and fake news writers seeking to get their headlines onto 'most read' lists.
India, the Philippines, Indonesia and China -- all countries with low wages but high tech penetration -- have emerged as key click farm hubs.
Web giants face a constant battle to tweak their algorithms to weed out fake traffic and users.
Last month Facebook said it was making changes to its ranking algorithm to keep its users from linking to "low quality" websites, part of an effort to fight spam and misinformation.
Source: news.abs-cbn.com
===========================================
I always thought that running something like this is possible nowadays but managing 400,000 sim cards and 500 smart phones is totally insane. There must be a big market for this kind of service since there are group of people out there willing to do this for a fee. I'm not gonna be surprised if there's one running in this forum.
Three Chinese men were detained in Thailand on Tuesday after police discovered they were running a "click farm" from a house near the Cambodian border to generate likes for Chinese products on social media.
The trio was arrested on Sunday after police raided their rental home and discovered a rack of some 500 smart phones hooked up to a computer.
Police also confiscated nearly 400,000 Thai SIM cards allegedly purchased for the operation.
The men, in their late twenties and early thirties, told officers they were hired by Chinese companies to boost "likes" for a number of products, including herbal medicines, candy and a tour company.
"They have been charged with working without work permits because they are on tourist visas and smuggling contraband goods," said immigration officer Colonel Ruengdet Thammana, referring to the mobile phones.
Police decided to search the house after they noticed the men rarely left the building or spoke to other people.
Click farms are just one of many online scams that have proliferated in recent years and become a major scourge for social media giants.
Some farms control tens of thousands of fake social media accounts that can be programmed to like pages or posts.
A typical farm might boast hundreds of phones that scammers swap with different SIM cards registered to many accounts.
Or it might be a loose network of real users liking huge quantities of posts for a fee.
The farms are hired by ordinary people and politicians looking to boost their profiles, companies who want to game ranking algorithms to ensure products are given priority, and fake news writers seeking to get their headlines onto 'most read' lists.
India, the Philippines, Indonesia and China -- all countries with low wages but high tech penetration -- have emerged as key click farm hubs.
Web giants face a constant battle to tweak their algorithms to weed out fake traffic and users.
Last month Facebook said it was making changes to its ranking algorithm to keep its users from linking to "low quality" websites, part of an effort to fight spam and misinformation.
Source: news.abs-cbn.com
===========================================
I always thought that running something like this is possible nowadays but managing 400,000 sim cards and 500 smart phones is totally insane. There must be a big market for this kind of service since there are group of people out there willing to do this for a fee. I'm not gonna be surprised if there's one running in this forum.
Jump to: