Are there fake base stations in 4G and 5G networks?

by Poster Apr 24, 2025 8

I went to Japan some time ago and received a text message from 95516, which read: "[China UnionPay] Your credit card has been temporarily stopped due to overseas risks. If you need to use the card overseas, please reactivate it. https://pay.manualhide.com/" Since I didn't use UnionPay card at all during my trip to Japan, and the link was a bit fake, I didn't click. After searching on the Internet, someone has been caught. This kind of text message, which is obviously aimed at Chinese people and sent as an official number, is indeed easy for people to misbelieve... I saw the news before that 4G/5G has strengthened verification and solved the problem of fake base stations, but how can I still receive information from fake base stations? Verification has been cracked?

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Anonymous5602 Apr 24, 2025

Allows you to fall back to 2G and then connect to the pseudo base station

Poster Apr 24, 2025

@ Anonymous5602 But if there is 4G/5G in normal base stations around, it will generally not fall back...

Anonymous5603 Apr 25, 2025

The signal falls back under interference

Anonymous11871 Apr 26, 2025

Actually, I'm wondering if I can change it to a foreign base station model by getting a fake base station. The simulated iPhone in China is connected to a foreign base station. Does it work

Anonymous966 Apr 27, 2025

@ Anonymous11871 Illegal

Anonymous5604 Apr 27, 2025

@ Anonymous11871 # 4 Very punished

Anonymous11871 Apr 28, 2025

@ Anonymous966 Even if the power is smaller, it will radiate one or two meters?

Anonymous119 Apr 29, 2025

@ Poster # 2 is to be equipped with a signal jammer. When pseudo base stations are rampant in China, it is not the 2G era