Vitaly Fomin, the information security specialist of the Digital Economy League, said: DEA News About the growing demand for the rental of virtual phone numbers due to the need for Russians to pay for services leaving the country.
According to Fomin, statistics for 2022 show that the demand for virtual number rental has more than doubled. According to Yandex, in January 2022, the corresponding request appeared in the search line 111,000 times, and in January 2023 – 247,000 times. The virtual number purchasing service Grizzly SMS, as the expert noted, increased in traffic sevenfold. year.
Fomin noted that such services are also used to buy likes and followers on social networks. According to him, it is problematic to buy a mobile number from another country to activate or renew subscriptions, and it is easier to use a virtual number. The expert added that those who arrange such services guarantee confidentiality. In addition, the service is inexpensive – renting a number in any country costs 15 rubles.
Before that, the Durov Code portal was dedicated to Telegram users selling their anonymous numbers and usernames. can face with a new type of scam where attackers send fake cryptocurrency. An example is when a scammer sends a small amount of a worthless JSTC token to the victim with an offer to buy a virtual number or nickname.
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