At least one individual in Greece
January 21, 2026
•[ phishing, SMS blaster, rogue mobile base station ]
The Record reported that Greek police dismantled a scam operation in the Athens area that used a fake cell tower concealed in a car to send phishing messages to nearby mobile users. Authorities said the device operated as a rogue mobile base station (SMS blaster), mimicking legitimate telecom infrastructure and forcing phones to connect while downgrading them to 2G, which the criminals used to facilitate mass scam messaging. The article focuses on law-enforcement action against the operators and describes the method used; it does not quantify victim counts, confirmed credential theft outcomes, or specific financial losses, so scope and data impacts are coded as undetermined.
