Three men cop to $21 million vishing and smishing scheme

Three men cop to $21 million vishing and smishing scheme

Phone-based scam may be low-tech, but it netted big bucks, prosecutors say.

Three Romanian citizens have pleaded guilty to carrying out a scheme that used recorded messages and cellphone texts to trick thousands of people into revealing their social security numbers and bank account information, federal authorities said.

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