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Scammers are now using “SMS blasters” to send out up to 100,000 texts per hour to phones that are tricked into thinking the devices are cell towers. Your wireless carrier is powerless to stop them.

Canadian police have arrested three men connected to a sophisticated text messaging scam that authorities describe as the first known SMS blaster fraud case in the country. Investigators say the ...