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6/12/2015

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stealth phone scam: antitap.com, imeichanger.com and secretgsm.com

Trying to dismantle the scam behind antitap.com, imeichanger.com and secretgsm.com, we found out the following facts:

Behind all this three scam websites hides an italian scammer
There is no company behind (as trader or manufacturer), but only a guy that buy cheap and sell high, making good money from people
There is no postal address, no phone number and no contact details, all three websites being a classical online scam
There is no company PayPal account, but only a personal PayPal account used to sell the fake products.
There is no "producer" as the scammer states, but only a seller
There is no customer support since the scammer have no clue about how stealth phones work and how cell interception work
There are no product user manuals
There is no general guarantee for any of the products sold on all three websites
All three websites are owned from the beginning by the same italian scammer. The websites was never owned by any "russian guy"
On all three websites are being sold counterfeit stealth phones (IMEI change phones) that does not work as described by the scammer
There are no real anti tapping / anti IMSI catcher / anti interception features on any cell phones that scammer sell, but only words used to fool people, with no factual support
There are no demo movies to show phones functions and capabilities, being fake products
The scammer is selling software applications obtained for free from iTunes and Google Play Store. The applications are pre-installed on the phones he sell, pretending to sell "stealth phones"
The scammer mislead people about real phones capabilities, seriously endangering buyers personal security
There is no "version 4" Samsung stealth phone, being only a hilarious marketing trick used by the scammer to fool uninformed and naive buyers
The scammer has been caught previously, counterfeiting Samsung G600 IMEI stickers, misleading and fooling buyers about "stealth phones" he sell. More info here
All scammer eBay accounts has been successively closed down due to buyers complaints
This scammer has started his mobile phones scams since 2006

More blog entries about the scams on antitap.com, imeichanger.com and gsmsecret.com:

How all this started: previous scams

Please note that most of the screenshots below has been taken from gsmhosting.com forum and few other websites where the scammer is pretty active.

The amateur scammer behind antitap.com, imeichanger.com and secretgsm.com websites is an italian guy that lives in Monaco, sometimes reported in Swiss. He uses the nickname "cryptone" on most forums since 2008, and sometimes "Luca" only on italian forums.

Early years
In his early years he has started his scams as spy-phone software dealer, on the black market. Back in 2008 he deals the illegal software only on italian forums and websites, taking advantages on italian people that - as you probably know from your trips or interactions - are pretty ignorant when it comes to english language. So, they had to pay a price for that ignorance, buying spy-phone software at high rates. As you know, selling and using spy-phone software is considered to be illegal in most of the countries, even when it comes to spy your own wife or child.

antitp.com, imeihnger.com nd secretgsm.com scam

selling illegal spy-phone softwre

Then in 2008 he has discovered gsmhosting.com forum, starting to post offers for spy-phone software.

antitap.com, imeichanger.com and secretgsm.com scam

selling illegal spy-phone software for BlackBerry devices

selling illegal Symbian spy software generator

selling illegal spy software genertor

Like now, the scammer has used in the past multiple sites for selling illegal software:
nokia-spy.com/index.html
bberryspy.com
spyphonegenerator.weebly.com

Nokia 1100 scam, a short story for the scammer

Bank fraud and selling fake phones - this scammer gets in

In case you weren't already convinced of a certain model of Nokia 1100's can be used for bank fraud by reprogramming the phone in a way that allow the attacker to extract your mobile transaction authentication number -- provided you live in a country like Germany or Holland that use mTANs -- and use it to get into your bank account and transfer funds.

So, this opportunity sounds good enough to the scammer to get involved in it, making some money by fooling people. When he first hear of this scam, posted on gsmgosting.com forum that he want to know more about this scam:

scmmer searching info about new scam

In a short time the scammer realize that he can exploit the market demand for Nokia 1100 by buying cheap Nokia 1100 which are not RH 16-18 series, and counterfeit the software or even the backside IMEI label:

scammer attempts to counterfeit Nokia 1100 RH

Because he didn't succeed to counterfeit Nokia 1100 RH by software means, he has simply counterfeit the backside IMEI label:

counterfeiting IMEI label for Nokia 1100

And then he just start selling counterfeit Nokia 1100 on forums, web shops and eBay:

selling counterfeit Nokia 1100

Preparations for change IMEI phones scam

You probably know that the scammer behind antitap.com, imeichanger.com and secretgsm.com is posing now in a security professional, running a bunch of websites and selling high grade security related products pretending that he knows how that products work and how cell phone interception work.
Just to have fun on his approach, vision and knowledge regarding cell phone interception, please have a look below, on how he name an IMSI Catcher or GSM interceptor: "IMEI phishing machine". We think this is self explanatory and need no more proofs about his "professionalism". Do you expect professional customer support when buying and using a stealth phone from this illiterate when it comes to cell phone interception? We hope not.

"IMEI phishing machines". Truly professional

Then suddenly he have heard somehow about dynamic IMEI phones made by XCell Technologies. He couldn't probably afford to buy one to start replicate it, presuming that he know how to do it (which we doubt). So, he started to ask round for similar but cheaper ones:

searching for cheap counterfeit IMEI change phones

Decided to make money from nothing by fooling people, the italian scammer wants to sell even phones that apparently change IMEI (only on phone screen) and not in a real mode. This is yet another proof of the scammer intentions to fool people:

italian scammer looking for a way to fool people with fake IMEI change phones

The real story of antitap.com, imeichnger.com and secretgsm.com:

At this stage, from our records comes out that he contacted a Bulgarian hacker and together they put money and bought an XCell dynamic IMEI phone, whose firmware was hacked and extracted by the Bulgarian hacker. The hacker name is Zlatin Penchev from Stara Zagora, and we have his complete story about how he cracked and extracted the XCell firmware and how starting to sell the cracked (and non working) firmware together with the italian scammer. In fact even the italian scammer admits he worked with a Bulgarian hacker:

Obviously, he didn't lose the Bulgarian hacker contact: the hacker has dumped the scammer just because the scammer has no idea about how stealth phones should be replicated and sold to make some pocket money. So, the scammer has started to figure out by himself how to flash the cracked XCell firmware on a phone, in order to clone a real XCell stealth phone. But seems like his attempts to counterfeit XCell stealth phones were unsuccessful at first, because the scammer does not have the necessary knowledge nor quite right tools.

italian scammer using the cracked firmware on the wrong platform (Samsung G600)

Fake it to make it: please note that the same scammer has been caught in the past using fake G608 IMEI stickers on his fake G600 stealth phones, just to create the appearance of a genuine XCell stealth phone. More about that fake IMEI stickers, here.

italian scammer having no clue (in 2014!) about how to install the cracked firmware on his counterfeit stealth phones

Because of using a cracked and non working firmware installed on the wrong platform (Samsung G600 instead of G608), there are a lot of malfunctions and bugs that starts from the moment of flashing (installing) the firmware on the phone:

italian scammer using cracked (non working) firmware on the wrong platform (G600) is getting bugs and major malunctions

After his own statements, the italian scammer use the same empirical tool (Onenand downloader) to flash the cracked firmware on the phones, as the other scammer sells on eBay along with the cracked firmware (click here for details). So, no wonder that he got burned out his phones:

italian scammer using cracked (non working) firmware on the wrong platform (G600) is getting bugs and major malunctions

Stealth phone scam in progress

Despite the fact that the italian scammer sell counterfeit non working stealth phones, he start advertising on forums about his scam:

italian scammer selling counterfeit stealth phones on his website antitap.com

He also sell counterfeit stealth phones on his main web shops: antitap.com, imeichanger.com and secretgsm.com.

An interesting fact that demonstrates on antitap.com, imeichanger.com and secretgsm.com are being sold counterfeit non working stealth phones: please have a look on the thread dates: since 2013 the scammer sell stealth phones, but in 2014 he still ask for help in flashing stealth firmware on his counterfeit stealth phones. No need for more proofs, scammer own declarations are more than enough to demonstrate the scam.

What other scams can you find on antitap.com, imeichanger.com and secretgsm.com?

Buy cheap, sell high. This seems to be the the guideline followed by the italian scammer. Nothing bad up here, the wrong things and the scam starts when he consider himself nothing but a "legit producer", making confusions between producer and seller. We will not analyze his marketing strategies nor price policy since is not our business. But we will have a look on the products he sell.

Anonymous SIM card scam
We have posted already our conclusions on so called anonymous SIM card, on a previous blog entry. Click here for more details.

Other so called "stealth phones" that he sell
Before talking about other scams, you should know that all Android cell phones that he sell as "stealth phones" are not at all stealth, as scammer claims. The scammer is taking again advantages on unskilled and
unknowledgeable people that have no clue about how cell phone works, how and what a software application can do, selling simple Android phones that the scammer has pre installed several free software applications that can be easily found in abundance on Play Store, by anyone.

Stealth Samsung S4 scam

Stealth Samsung S4 Duos scam.
What the scammer did? Well, he simply installed on a standard Samsung S4 phone, a free app called Private Text Messaging & Calls. This app can be downloaded and used for free, from Play Store. Click here. Why paying more to a scammer since you can have all this for free, on your Android phone?
What else he did? By using copy/paste, he added some text to his website, copied off the Play Store app page. This is how he launched his product called "Samsung S4 stealth Phone". Pretty easy, right? But not smart enough. We really wonder how many naive people he managed to fool until now.

Please note that the phone does not have ANY anti tapping capabilities nor detection of call interception.

Stealth Samsung S5 scam

Stealth Samsung S5 scam.
The same scam as above. The scammer has installed the same app (Private Text Messaging & Calls) on a standard Samsung S5. And nothing more. Download for free the app: click here.

Please note that the phone does not have ANY anti tapping capabilities nor detection of call interception.

Encrypted stealth phone scam

Encrypted smart phone scam
This is actually a very cheap China made cell phone called DOOGEE TITANS DG150 3.5" (can be bought from here with only 75$) which is not encrypted at all, by default. The phone can be encrypted by the user, as any other Android device, for free.
On this device, the italian scammer has installed the same free app called Private Text Messaging & Calls which can be downloaded from Google Play. Click here.
The scammer is selling this device with 450€, making a good profit on ignorant people.

Please note that the phone does not have ANY anti tapping capabilities nor detection of call interception.

Dual SIM stealth phone scam

Entry level dual sim burner phone: a scam.
This is actually a cheap NGM feature phone called Stealth, that can be bought with only £91.00 from here. The italian scammer is selling the device with 250€.
Please note that the device will not alert you when your calls and messages are being intercepted. The scammer just sell lies to you.

Please note that the phone does not have ANY anti tapping capabilities nor detection of call interception.

Stealth iPhone 5 scam
Italian scammer is selling ordinary iPhone 5 phones which he installed a free application called CoverMe Private Texting Messenger, which is similar to
Private Text Messaging & Calls, available for Android devices, being released by the same developer - CoverMe Inc.
You can download and install for free CoverMe Private Texting Messenger for iPhone: click here - iTunes link.
No need to pay 650€ for an ordinary iPhone 5.

Please note that the phone does not have ANY anti tapping capabilities nor detection of call interception.

Ultra Tough Anti Tapping Phone: scam

Ultra Tough Anti Tapping Phone: scam
The so called Anti Tapping phone sold by the italian scammer on his websites (antitap.com, imeichanger.com and secretgsm.com) is actually a cheap Android device made in China by OINOM, which can be purchased with only 299$ from Aliexpress.com: click here. Scammer price: 550€.
The scammer has installed on this phones the same free app called Private Text Messaging & Calls which can be downloaded from Google Play. Click here.

Please note that the phone does not have ANY anti tapping capabilities nor detection of call interception.

VHF Stealth Dual SIM Anti Tapping Phone: scam

VHF Stealth Dual SIM Anti Tapping Phone: scam
This so called Anti Tapping phone is actually a China made Android phone called Snopow M8 which can be bought from Aliexpress.com with only 199$: click here.
Scammer price: 390€.
The scammer has installed on this phones the same free app called Private Text Messaging & Calls which can be downloaded from Google Play. Click here.

Please note that the phone does not have ANY anti tapping capabilities nor detection of call interception.

ZOPO anti interception phone ZP1000 Android: scam

ZOPO anti interception phone ZP1000 Android: scam
This so called "anti interception" phone can be bought for only 172$ from Zopo store: click here.
Scammer price: 399€.
The scammer has installed on this phones the same free app called Private Text Messaging & Calls which can be downloaded from Google Play. Click here.

Please note that the phone does not have ANY anti tapping capabilities nor detection of call interception.

Conclusions

All three examined websites are selling counterfeit and/or non working phones (claimed to be stealth phones), along with free software applications for which the scammer asks for money.
We strongly advise you to keep away from all three websites: antitap.com, imeichanger.com and secretgsm.com. There is nothing that you can buy for your privacy and call security, but only scams and lies.
in case that you been a scam victim on these sites, you might contact us for further assistance.

Our advice: always buy the original. As we did, in the end of the day.

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A comprehensive view on stealth phone scam

6/6/2015

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Last update: 5th July 2015

A counterfeit stealth phone is a ticking bomb in your pocket. Unfortunately you find out that you have been fulled by the scammer when usually is way too late: you "stealth" phone has been wiretapped and you got busted.

Following our investigations carried out in recent months, we have discovered several vendors that sell fake stealth phones. They sell counterfeit stealth phones both on eBay (using multiple accounts and nick-names) and on independent websites.
We present our investigation results, hoping that the following info will be helpful when you decide to buy a stealth phone.

So, we have identified the following scammers:

1 (location: Cork, Ireland)

Name: Dave H., private individual
Current Status: eBay scammer, online classifieds scammer
Fraud: selling fake stealth phones
Assigned Location: Cork, Ireland
Address Information: temporarily unavailable
Additional Info: temporarily unavailable

2 (location: Dublin, Saggart, Ireland)

Name: Spystore Ireland
Current Status: physical store
Fraud: selling fake stealth phones
Assigned Location: Dublin, Ireland
Address Information: Mc Greggor House, The Fairways, Citywest Complex, Saggart, Co. Dublin
Additional Info: temporarily unavailable

3 (location: Naas, Ireland)

Name: lightning lofts (nick name used on classifieds), private individual
Current Status: online classifieds scammer
Fraud: selling fake stealth phones
Assigned Location: Naas, Co. Kildare, Ireland
Address Information: temporarily unavailable
Additional Info: temporarily unavailable

4 (location: Newtownabbey, Northern Ireland, UK)

Name: Sohail Hussain aka Steven Adams (Jd Mobile Unlocking Service, private held company)
Current Status: eBay scammer, online classifieds scammer, online store scammer
Fraud: selling fake stealth phones
Assigned Location: Newtownabbey, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK
Address Information: 3 Dillons Grange, Dillons Avenue, Newtownabbey, County Antrim, BT370HU
Additional Info: A simple repair shop guy, that watched way too many 007 movies. fix.mobile.to.work, fixmob_fydy4156obf@members.ebay.co.uk, jdmobileunlockservice, http://gsminterceptor.co.uk/, hello@gsminterceptor.co.uk

SPECIAL NOTE: A "fake it to make it" type of guy. This particular scammer is the actual seller of Siemens S65 stealth phone, on gsminterceptor.co.uk, eBay and other classifieds. Has sold in the past years fake Samsung G600 stealth phones, and now pretends that those phones are good for nothing, totally disregarding his former clients, who have been cheated anyway by buying fake Samsung G600 stealth phones.
This is his newest scam: http://gsminterceptor.co.uk/product/siemens-s65sl75-untraceable-covert-updated-gsm-mobile-stealth-phone/

A funny fact: there is an Youtube movie ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?x-yt-cl=85114404&x-yt-ts=1422579428&v=jddDwzA2pq0 ) where he is trying to tell us that Siemens S65 phones are the best ones and Samsung G600 (and not G608, as genuine XStealth) are not good at all. But in the same time he contiune to sell Samsung G600 stealth phones on his website (http://gsminterceptor.co.uk/product/imei-phone/).

It seems to be the most unimaginative, the most tricky and the most ridiculous of all scammers. Not confined only to deceive buyers, he steal from original stealth phones manufacturer (XCell Technologies) all that he find to fit his needs: text content, technical explanations, photos. Everything for deceiving his customers. Here's what we have discovered, to his shame: he stole the soundtrack from one of the XCell Youtube clips (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rtnc-5PdJ7I). Please notice the specific sound of XCell original intro clip, on the video below:

And here is the video that use the soundtrack stolen by Sohail Hussain:

Stealth phone scam on gsminterceptor.co.uk

Based on his habits, we expect from him to steal even the soundtracks from our Youtube clips. But by far, the worst thing is that he steals money by cheating his customers, selling fake products.

The question is: can you trust someone and buy security from him (stealth phones, etc.), can you put your calls confidentiality in the hands of somebody that lends itself to such petty theft? Of course not. Our advice: avoid shopping from gsminterceptor.co.uk, and anything that is relate to fix.mobile.to.work and jdmobileunlockservice. If you are in doubt, please contact us.

Seems like his customers start to complain about product that he sell: http://forum.gsmhosting.com/vbb/f88/siemens-s65-imei-change-331494/

5 (location: Birmingham UK)

Name: Chow
Current Status: online shop scam (anti-interceptor.com), online classifieds scammer
Fraud: selling fake stealth phones
Assigned Location: Birmingham, UK
Address Information: Birmingham City Centre, West Midlands, UK
Additional Info: anti-interceptor.com, big-boyz-toyz, gadgetboy1979@gmail.com

Stealtth phones scam on anti-interceptor.com

Stealth phones scam on anti-interceptor.com

Looks like some anti-interceptor.com buyers has finally figured out that the fake phones sold by this scammer does not work:

Complaint against anti-interceptor.com fake stealth phones Click here for more info.

6 (location: Thetford, Norfolk, UK)

Name: jaaamm1976 (nickname)
Current Status: eBay scammer, online classifieds scammer
Fraud: selling fake stealth phones
Assigned Location: Thetford, Norfolk, United Kingdom
Address Information: temporarily unavailable
Additional Info: temporarily unavailable

7 (location: Wirral, Merseyside, UK)

Name: mobile.phones.2u (nickname)
Current Status: eBay scammer, online classifieds scammer
Fraud: selling fake stealth phones
Assigned Location: Wirral, Merseyside, UK
Address Information: temporarily unavailable
Additional Info: temporarily unavailable

8 (location: Manchester, UK)

Name: auction2home (eBay nickname)
Current Status: eBay scammer, online classifieds scammer
Fraud: selling fake stealth phones
Assigned Location: Manchester, UK
Address Information: temporarily unavailable
Additional Info: temporarily unavailable

9 (location: Monaco, Monaco)

Name: Vittorio Ossola aka Luca (on italian forums) or Cryptone (on forum.gsmhosting.com)
Current Status: eBay scammer, online classifieds scammer, online shop scam
Fraud: selling fake stealth phones
Assigned Location: Monaco, Monaco
Address Information: temporarily unavailable
Additional Info: www.secretgsm.com, antitap.com, imeichanger.com, Bergamo, Lodi, Swiss.

Stealth phones scam on secretgsm.com

More blog entries about the scams on antitap.com, imeichanger.com and gsmsecret.com:

10 (location: Ural, Krasnoyarskiy Kray, Russian Federation)

Name: Vasili Loginov
Current Status: online classifieds scammer
Fraud: selling fake stealth phones
Assigned Location: Ural, Russian Federation.
Address Information: Ural, Krasnoyarskiy Kray, Russian Federation
Additional Info: temporarily unavailable

11 (location: Monaco, Italy)

Name: Vittorio Ossola aka Luca (on italian forums) or Cryptone (on forum.gsmhosting.com)
Current Status: eBay scammer, online classifieds scammer, online shop scam
Fraud: selling fake stealth phones
Assigned Location: Monaco, Monaco
Address Information: temporarily unavailable
Additional Info: www.secretgsm.com, antitap.com, imeichanger.com, Bergamo, Lodi, Swiss.
He own www.secretgsm.com, antitap.com, imeichanger.com

Stealth phones scam on antitap.com

We have found a funny marketing strategy used by this particular scammer. Back in 2013, on a strange promotion on his eBay page, Mr. Ossola Vittorio (aka agte062010 or cryptphone - few of his eBay accounts) has offering a funny bundle: a fake stealth phone, a doggy anonymous SIM card and... a t-shirt. We wonder what was the text on the shirt? "I'm cool because I can not be intercepted?" attracting this way the law enforcement agencies attention?
Please notice that we have already warn you about this particular scammer, a while ago. Please read here.

Stealth phones scam on eBay, by antitap.com

This is what we have found on the Internet, by searching data about imeichanger.com:

Stealth phones scam on imeichanger.com

More blog entries about the scams on antitap.com, imeichanger.com and gsmsecret.com:

12 (location: Czech Republic)

Name: SHX Trading S.R.O.
Current Status: Alibaba.com scammer, online shop scam
Fraud: selling counterfeit stealth phones
Assigned Location: Czech Republic
Address Information: Svatoslavova 17, Praha 4, Czech Republic
Additional Info: http://stealthtronic.com, http://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/Stealth-Mobile-untraceable-cell-phone-change_170458198.html

Stealth phones scam on stealthtronic.com, by SHX Trading SRO

Stealthtronic.com: stealth phone scam in progress:

Stealth phones scam on Alibaba.om, by Stealthtronic.com

As you can already see, this scammers are using a product picture that is not a Samsung device but a Sony Ericsson, misleading or (better case) confusing their buyers.
On their website, they pretend to "manufactures variety of security and surveillance products", which in fact are not made or at least assembled in Czech Republic.
A brief look at the products list sold on website, will clarify that all products are manufactured by Chinese companies, and not by SHX Trading SRO. When it comes to security products, misleading customers is a practice not only wrong, but also reprehensible.

13 (location: Philippines)

Name: AUDIO VIDEO INTELLIGENCE CORPORATION. (AVI)
Current Status: Alibaba.com scammer, online shop scam
Fraud: selling counterfeit stealth phones
Assigned Location: Manila, Philippines
Address Information: 61 WEST CAPITOL DR. PASIG METRO MANILA
Additional Info: http://bobster.fm.alibaba.com/

Audio video intelligence corporation stealth phones scam, on Alibaba.com

14 (location: Lithuania)

Name: danielius2010 (eBay account)
Current Status: eBay scammer
Fraud: selling fake stealth phone firmware
Assigned Location: Lithuania
Address Information: temporarily unavailable
Additional Info: eBay account

eBay scammer danielius2010, selling fake Samsung stealth firmware

15 (location: United Kingdom)

Name: swetroop (eBay account)
Current Status: eBay scammer
Fraud: selling fake stealth phone firmware
Assigned Location: London, UK
Address Information: temporarily unavailable
Additional Info: eBay account

eBay scammer swetroop, selling counterfeit Samsung G600 stealth phones

16 (location: Taiwan ROC)

Name: OneTech International Co. LTD (website)
Current Status: online scammer
Fraud: selling fake stealth phone firmware
Assigned Location: Taiwan, ROC
Address Information: 15F - 7, No.3, Lane 226, Sec 2 of Round West Road , Chungli City, Taoyuan County
Additional Info: selling also illegal software as spy phone generator software

OneTech International Co. selling counterfeit stealth phones

OneTech International Co. Taiwan, selling counterfeit stealth phones

OneTech International Co. Taiwan, using stolen images and text from x-cellular.com

Located in Taiwan ROC, the scam company is selling counterfeit stealth phones on www.onetech.com.tw
Pretending to be a "Worldwide business experience you can trust", this company is selling fake stealth phones, using on the website stolen text and pictures from the original manufacturer, XCell Technologies. All other products sold on the website are also questionable. Our recommendation: just avoid this website.

Update 21.10.2015

17 (location: Germany, UK, The Netherlands)

Name: blackstone-security.jimdo.com
Current Status: online scammer / eBay scammer
Fraud: selling fake stealth phone firmware
Assigned Location: Germany, UK, The Netherlands
Address Information: 27 Old Gloucester Street, London, WC1N 3AX
Additional Info: related to Mainland & Affiliates AG Limited. Selling fake stealth phones on eBay as www-kpex-de

Stealth phone scam on blackstone-security.jimdo.com

A comprehensive approach on stealth phones scam

What other tricks they use?

1. "Updated version" and "v4" trick

Trying to sell an outdated, unstable and cracked version of stealth phone, a few sellers are using some ridiculous tricks, thinking that they would fool the buyers.

Borrowing random phrases and words from marketing techniques, they try to present their cracked version of stealth phone as an "updated" one. In fact what they sell it is an old cracked and unstable version. Of course, next to the "updated" you will find the current year, to maximize the scam effects.

"Updated version" trick (gsminterceptor.co.uk)

"Updated" trick on antitap.com

The guy behind antitap.com, imeichanger.com and secretgsm.com has "updated" his scam in May 2015, due to XCell Dynamic IMEI v3 new release. Now he sell no more than "v4" stealth phone version, a nonsense with no factual support.

"V4" cheap trick and stealth phones scam on antitap.com

Why this? Well, there is a simple and straight forward explanation: since XCell Technologies has recently released the real v3 Stealth Phone (please see their promo video), the scammer think that by simply claiming that he sell the newest version (v4), he will boost his sales. Since XCell Technologies - the real manufacturer - is clearly showing what the differences are between previous version (v2) an actual version (v3) on their videos (video 1, video 2) and webpage, the scammer is just stating that he sell v4 version. Only words with no facts behind. Not even a few pictures to support false claims. Moreover, he has used the same stolen pictures on phone description (please note that picture shadow used by XCell Technologies).
Just to have fun on what he will find appropriate to explain in what exactly consist the changes that his "v4" is having you might challenge him to reply to your questions. Because we did and we had a lot of fun.
Read more here.

As a conclusion, what you should be sure is that there is no real "v4" version, but only words, a ridiculous and strange marketing strategy to sell something fake and obsolete.Please note that the only software updates are made available to the general public on the original manufacturer's website (XCell Technologies), on News section. Actual version: 3.0.

Just to have a little bit fun with the scammers, you can try to ask about previous versions, in what exactly consists the current updates and bugs that have been fixed. Being neither programmers nor engineers, you will definitely have fun on their responses, as we did ourselves.

More blog entries about the scams on antitap.com, imeichanger.com and gsmsecret.com:

2. SMS encryption software trick

These scammers claim that they sell some kind of bundle, a "stealth phone" having installed a software application that encrypts SMS. This is not a lie. But think about it: what to do with just a single phone that has an encryption application installed ?! SMS software encryption apps only works in tandem: first one encrypts and the other one decrypts the ciphertext sent by the first app. It's that simple.You will need at least two phones that use the same software, so that one phone will send an encrypted SMS, and the other one will receive it, will decrypt and it will display the SMS in plain text format. By buying a single phone with a single software application, SMS encryption is absolutely useless.

3. Fake product reviews

Proving a poor knowledge of his own website and confusing the website and blog notions (is having mitigating circumstances, being only a repair shop guy), Mr. Chow (anti-interceptor.com owner) has inserted fake product reviews, as blog entries: many "clients" (no doubt, fake buyers) refers in a funny way to blog and not to the product that they eventually bought, (have fun here). But surprise: on the blog page, instead of a proper blog you will find a product presentation page. So what blog are "clients" talking about? How funny can that be? And how dumb can be? You will appreciate. Obviously it is all a hoax, a scam designed to mislead customers who do not have enough information about stealth phones and especially for those that are looking for cheap prices.
By the way, try to post something. Anything. And check up the result. Have fun.

Fake stealth phones reviews on anti-interceptor.com

4. Why there are no videos certifying that the phone work?

XCell Technologies and their authorized resellers are the only ones who have posted videos demonstrating that the special functions of the phone are working.
Why not these vendors do the same? The answer is simple: the fake stealth phones special functions simply does not work as described. It is not hard to find a SIM card that is intercepted and then make a film. Even for us was pretty easy to do that: you can watch the movie made with an authentic XCell Dynamic IMEI v2 Stealth Phone.

5. Siemens S65/SL75/r32 stealth phone legal issue and other problems

Before talking about Siemens legal issues, we have to talk about the phone capabilities. Assuming (pretty unlikely) that the scammer would sell the original version (by the way, the authentic Siemens S65/SL75 version is developed and sold by Endoacustica at 5000 euro) , here are the necessary observations about this phone:
Supposing that this phone works as described, IMEI change being not reversible is not at all an advantage, as it strives to explain the scammer in several of his Youtube films. Here's why:
From technical point of view, for an GSM Interceptor does not matter whether the phones will change its IMEI temporarily or permanently. Called also IMSI Catcher, for an GSM Interceptor are important only the IMEI and IMSI that are "captured". Depending on captured IMEI and IMSI, the phone calls will be intercepted. An GSM Interceptor does not care whether an IMEI is or is not reversible. Simple as that.
Obviously, in this case the explanations about interception and how can this be avoided are being served with "professionalism" by a... repair shop guy. Its ridiculous explanations derives from a very low level of technical understanding of the whole interception phenomenon. The risk of giving ridiculous explanations on the subject of which you have no idea, is a pretty big one. Claiming that irreversible IMEI change is crucial throughout interception equation, the repair shop guy does not know that IMEI and IMSI are captured off the air by any GSM Interceptor, no matter if the IMEI is or is not reversible. He probably imagine that GSM Interceptor will somehow knock on the door and will asks the target to show the phone and the associated IMEI. Only in this case (which is obviously impossible), an irreversible IMEI can save the situation. You can easily recognise the wrong approach of a repair shop guy when it comes about cellular interception.
But let's analyze Siemens S65/SL75, the "Untraceable Covert Updated" phone (as the scammer advertise), assuming that it is not a counterfeit one. All this phone can do is to modify its IMEI at every SIM replacement, or after every call or SMS (actually only the scammer claim this, but these functions are not backed by any video whatsoever). Changing IMEI is pretty much what this phone can do. And nothing more. Compared with Siemens S65/SL75, XCell Stealth Phone has several criterias for IMEI change: it can change its IMEI with the one chosen by the user (user defined), or only at the first connection on the network (on reboot), and original IMEI can be restored anytime, which obviously is a major advantage. Of course, XCell Stealth Phone has more useful features, that makes it a true stealth phone: call interception alert, location tracking alerts, channel blocking function (ARFCN) to prevent eavesdropping by silently sliding to a GSM Interceptor, location spoofing function, displaying the TMSI value (a handy test to detect interception), phone calls audio recording and automatically delete calls list.
It’s hard to argue with this facts, claiming that a Siemens phone is a better choice than an XCell Stealth Phone, which is having more special features, is more secure and is simply the best in branch. No doubt, the repair shop guy marketing strategy has failed.
Our advice for this guy is to limit himself to phone unlocking and repairing (which he does it on a daily basis), and let's interception and phone security related issues on specialists account. And especially to stop selling fake stealth mobile phones.

The legal issue

It is illegal to use this change IMEI phone in UK and in most of the EU countries.
Why? Because there is a law saying that you can not modify phones IMEI. And Siemens S65 is not preserving the genuine IMEI as XCell phone does. You cannot restore the original IMEI (as XCell Stealth Phones does), which will put you straight on the other side of the law.

Just have a look what Staffordshire Police says about changing IMEI: this practice is illegal and only the manufacturers are allowed to alter it. We quote from what Police say:

" 1(1) A person commits an offence if:

he changes a unique device identifier,
he interferes with the operation of a unique device identifier,
he offers or agrees to change, or interfere with the operation of, a unique device identifier, or
he offers or agrees to arrange for another person to change, or interfere with the operation of, a unique device identifier.

2(1) A person commits an offence if:

he has in his custody or under his control anything which may be used for the purpose of changing or interfering with the operation of a unique device identifier and
he intends to use the thing unlawfully for that purpose or to allow it to be used unlawfully for that purpose.

2(2) A person commits an offence if:

he supplies anything which may be used for the purpose of changing or interfering with the operation of a unique device identifier, and
he knows or believes that the person to whom the thing is supplied intends to use it unlawfully for that purpose or to allow it to be used unlawfully for that purpose.

2(3) A person commits an offence if:

he offers to supply anything which may be used for the purpose of changing or interfering with the operation of a unique device identifier, and
he knows or believes that the person to whom the thing is offered intends if it is supplied to him to use it unlawfully for that purpose or to allow it to be used unlawfully for that purpose.

2(4) A unique device identifier is an electronic equipment identifier which is unique to a mobile wireless communications device.

2(5) A thing is used by a person unlawfully for a purpose if in using it for that purpose he commits an offence under section 1."

Please note that using XCell Dynamic IMEI Stealth Phones is perfectly legal since this phones does not change IMEI for good, this process being reversible by "Stay original" IMEI function.

6. What other products are being sold by scammers?

In addition to stealth phones, these scammers sell so-called "encrypted" phones. What are these? Well, these are simple Android phones having installed various software applications (many of them are even free), and which have been encrypted by the seller by a simple and free operation. Encrypting an Android phone is a simple operation that anyone can do without having to pay anything extra. More information here. You can find plenty of free voice and SMS encryption applications by simply visiting Google Play Store. Some examples here. Why pay thousands of euro if you can do it for yourself, for free? Why buy a Blackberry encrypted smartphone (encrypted by other person) and paying a thousand euro, when you can simply use Blackberry Enterprise Service, directly from BlackBerry website?
One more thing: an encrypted cell phone is not at all a stealth phone. Does not have any stealth features, as scammers are trying to convince you, by wrongly using terms as "encrypted stealth phone".

We are going to post a separate thread about anonymous (pre-paid) SIM card scam.

7. No customer service, no technical support, no after sales support, no product guarantee, no user manual

It's a kind of hit and run business. These scammers have no theoretical or practical knowledge about methods, ways and means of cellular interception, nor the principles of a GSM network. Most of them are simple repair shop guys, they only know about phone unlocking, firmware flashing, minor repairs, parts replacement, and that's pretty much all they know. Try to ask them about how the cellular interception work and how stealth phones that they sell, detects interception. You will be amused by the replies coming from them, if you will be lucky enough to get a reply. You may ask them about how location spoofing work (Channel lock function). Being a sensitive topic, XCell Technologies didn't make public this information which is available only for those who bought an XCell Stealth Phone. For this reason the customer service that scammers should deliver to the buyers, is nonexistent. Also, there is no user manual, nu support for any customer questions. Nothing else but lies or silence.

Because of scammers lack of knowledge regarding cellular interception techniques, we have discovered a funny fact: both scammers ( Sohail Hussain - gsminterceptor.co.uk and Vittorio Ossola - antitap.com) has copied one from another the description of the product they sell, or (most likely) both of them has copied the text content from the original manufacturer's website, XCell Technologies. Have a look on pictures below.

Copied text on both scammers website

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Warning: a new Stealth Phone scam on eBay

6/3/2015

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A new seller on eBay, a new stealth phone scam: this time, seller ID is allbuynew.

Unlike other scammers that sell fake Samsung G600 stealth phones, this one pretends to sell the original version of XCell Stealth Phone. How he did that? Very simple: by copying XCell website pictures and text, on his eBay account. A hilarious thing: probably having no skills or basic knowledge regarding photo manipulation, nor money to hire a web designer, he has posted the photos with XCell watermark on them:
On the picture below you can have fun about what this scammer has understood from explanations that he has read on x-cellular.com:

Stealth phone scam on eBay

Stealth Phone scam on eBay: photo & text stolen from x-cellular.com

Stealth Phone scam on eBay

The most funny thing is that the scammer has invented 10 "special features", selling this way not the "old" version but a new one, "updated Jan. 2014".
In his personal understanding, UnPing function is an alert for "network triangulation", which is obviously wrong.
No explanations about Channel lock, since XCell Technologies (the manufacturer of real stealth phones) has understood to disclose the use of this function only to users. The scammer has no source to copy these explanations, so he didn't posted them.
He is right in just one of his affirmations: "the best and the only one" is the stealth phone that he try to copy: XCell Stealth Phone.

Just to have more fun with this scammer, you should ask him for a pic, taken from the phone backside: there is no XCell security label. Also, you should ask him before buying, about how Channel lock function work, UnPing function and how to properly use IMEI changing function. And yes, his explanations about how to use the phone and how call interception work, will be memorable. Have fun!

Visiting his eBay store, we have found that the scammer (allbuynew) is selling also another well known scam:

Fake stealth phone + penis extender bundle

That being said, we think that the photo above and the products he sell are self explanatory regarding the trust you shouldn't have.
Or you should ask for buy one, get one free: buy one fake stealth phone, get one penis extender, for free.

Update 1.07.2015:
We have identified another two scammers on eBay, selling counterfeit Samsung G600 stealth phones and fake Samsung G600 stealth firmware (the one that you can download for free, here).

danielius2010 Located in Lithuania, selling fake Samsung G600 stealth firmware on eBay:

eBay scammer danielius2010, selling fake G600 stealth firmware

swetroop Located in London UK, selling counterfeit Samsung G600 stealth phones:

eBay scammer swetroop, selling counterfeit stealth phones

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Confirmed: XCell Dynamic IMEI v3, launched. And more to come

6/2/2015

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Our guessing was confirmed a few days ago: XCell Technologies not only launched the new version of the their famous now XCell Dynamic IMEI but even a new product, too: Dual SIM Dynamic IMEI Stealth Phone. But now about XCell Dynamic IMEI v3:

"The NEW XCell Dynamic IMEI v3 Stealth Phone is the most powerful we have ever built" says XCell Technologies CEO, Steven Broadey. And this is why: they added a new anti-interception feature, the phone being built taking into account the emerging trends and new technologies used by latest IMSI cacthers/Stingrays and GSM interception systems.
    • has been added a new Anti Interception function
    • has been improved GSM interceptor/IMSI catcher detection algorithm (cryptoTracerⒸ) based on the latest developments and achievements in lawful interception industry
    • better management of location tracking pings
    • location spoofing has been improved by neighboring cell towers monitoring
    • GSM Interceptor Proximity Alert has been updated
    • errors generated by TMSI allocation has been suppressed

This is the new v3 User Interface, showing the new functions added:

Finally, XCell Technologies disclose the main hardware modifications they have done on Samsung G608 motherboards, making clear for everyone that other Samsung platforms are not suitable to stealth phones:

XCell Dynamic IMEI v3 motherboard modifications needed for firmware proper functioning

XCell Dynamic IMEI v3 modified motherboard

Not at all surprisingly, XCell Technologies engineers has focused on brand protection, fighting against product counterfeiting. For the first time the company reveals the security methods and labels that they use on their products:

XCell Dynamic IMEI v3 hologram security seals

XCell Dynamic IMEI v3 phone boxes and shipping boxes

What else from XCell Technologies? Well, they have released a new low cost Dual SIM Stealth Phone. Simple as that.

XCell Dual SIM Stealth Phone

What is all about this dual SIM phones?
This seems to be the entry level for Dynamic IMEI phone users, that comes with just few but essential functions:
1. Manual change IMEI, user defined (both IMEI are manually changing)
2. Call Interception Alert (A5 crypto tracer)
3. GSM Interceptor Proximity Alert (Camp Alert)

Hopefully, we will get our hands on both this new XCell products. As usual, only for testing purposes.

The really good news: XCell Technologies says that their Android dynamic IMEI stealth phone is just around the corner.

*photos courtesy of XCell Technologies

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A new version of XCell Dynamic IMEI Stealth Phone? Photo leaked from XCell Technologies

6/2/2015

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A freshly leaked photo (above) from XCell Technologies shows that something new is about to hit the market.
At the moment, XCell Technologies representatives did not make any comments regarding a new product or a new version. As far as we know, v2.5 is the latest version of their Dynamic IMEI Stealth Phone. We will keep you up to date once will get more info. Stay tuned.

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Free Samsung G600 Stealth Firmware, 7 functions

6/2/2015

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free Samsung G600 stealth firmware 7 functions

This software is being distributed as a research material and teaching tool for security purposes, and not as a working software. Can not be considered under any circumstances as malware distribution. The real malware distributors that are selling counterfeit stealth phones made based on the suh software are: antitap.com, imeichanger.com, secretgsm.com, gsm-interceptor.co.uk, eBay scammers and others.
This software is provided "as is" and "with all faults." We makes no representations or warranties of any kind concerning the safety, suitability, lack of viruses, inaccuracies, typographical errors, or other harmful components of this software. There are inherent dangers in the use of any software, and you are solely responsible for determining whether this software is compatible with your equipment and other software installed on your equipment. You are also solely responsible for the protection of your equipment and backup of your data, and we will not be liable for any damages you may suffer in connection with using, modifying, or distributing this software.
USE OF SOFTWARE INDICATES YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT, IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO ALL THESE TERMS DO NOT INSTALL OR USE THE SOFTWARE.

We offer for free the firmware (Stealth Anti Tapping Samsung G600 firmware 7 functions) that we've bought from an eBay seller, but before downloading please read the text below. Downloading link at the end of this post.

A counterfeit stealth phone (made up by using cracked firmware) is a ticking bomb in your pocket. Unfortunately you find out that you have been fulled by the scammer when usually is way too late: you "stealth" phone has been wiretapped and you got busted.

The story

Back in 2013, some scammers has sold on eBay an older version of the XCell firmware called "Stealth Samsung G600 firmware 7 functions". Of course a cracked version, unlicensed and especially a non-working one: once installed on a Samsung G600, the phone freezes and a black screen appear. Causes were the wrong indication by installing the firmware on Samsung G600 and not G608, and that the broken version lacks some external files that a full dump cannot achieve. Of course, the lack of hardware modifications necessary to the proper functioning was leading in the end, to an unusable and faulty phone.

Not to mention that not incidentally, JD Unlocking Services (interceptor.co.uk gsm) was no stranger to this scam: he was one of those which sell XCell cracked firmware, along with the device needed to install the firmware on the phone. All priced at £ 3,000.
One by one, eBay accounts were closed down following complaints of deceived buyers.

The newcomer : even worse than his predecessors

In early 2015 has appeared a newcomer on eBay, a scammer that sell the same cracked XCell Stealth Samsung G600 firmware 7 functions. Same scam, same fraud, same wrong installation indications regarding Samsung G600. Of course, the same result: the phone does not work. Only the price is different (and kinda desperate): $49.00.

Stealth phone Samsung G600 firmware scam

Looking more like making some pin money or a doggy sale than a business, a very low price reveals from the beginning that it is a scam or in the best case, a desperate sale of something that worth nothing.
The single way to clear up the situation was pretty much straight forward: we have bought the firmware and we have tested it after installing following scammer indications, on Samsung G600.

Please note that this kind of scammers frequently change eBay accounts by adding new ones, since the old accounts are being successively closed down due to buyers complaints or even by the scammer itself, just to cover up his traces.

stealth phone firmware Samsung G600 7 functions

Stealth phone firmware scam, Samsung G600 firmware 7 functions scam

The firmware

The file is called "G600 full dump 7.bin" which reveals how the firmware was extracted from the phone: using a Z3X Box or NSPro and "full dump" function (read firmware). Please note that the latest versions of XCell Dynamic IMEI v2 Stealth Phone is no longer vulnerable to attack via USB, a full dump being impossible because of active security filters.
To clarify the cracked firmware version sold by scammer, we proceeded to analyze the source code. What we have found we didn't liked at all:

Samsung G600 stealth phone firmware 7 functions that contains malware

Samsung G600 stealth phone firmware 7 unctions

Samsung G600 stealth phone firmware 7 functions that contains malware, sending SMS to premium rates numbers

The cracked firmware contains several added command lines that will send SMS to premium rate numbers, generating costs when using the phone.

We have also discovered the error that makes the interception alerts (detecting lack of A5/1 and A5/2 encryption) to not work:

Stealth phone firmware Samsung G600, non functional due to wrong cracking and recompiling

This change was probably made only to maintain appearance of firmware functionality, by displaying on the main screen those alert icons, without being functional itself (no network protocol).

The refund

Obviously, after a few hours from purchase we've got a quick refund from scammer, without asking any questions. Probably he is afraid of account suspended or closed, following complaints.

The scammer has refund the money following our complaints

Samsung g600 stealth phones firmware 7 functions

The conclusion

Instead of trying cheap tricks by using cracked software to "defend" your privacy, you better use licensed software and genuine products. Counterfeit products has never deliver real security. When it comes about your calls security, thing are even more sensitive an you have to use only trusted products.

A counterfeit stealth phone is a ticking bomb in your pocket. Unfortunately you find out that you have been fulled by the scammer when usually is way too late: you "stealth" phone has been wiretapped and you got busted.

To not go through eBay's refund procedure or escalating claim, we offer you for free this firmware, as were sold by scammer:

DOWNLOAD NOW

If the firmware from the first link does not work, try this one:

DOWNLOAD NOW

Why do we do this?

The reason why we offer this firmware for free, is fighting counterfeiting. You can try this firmware on your own phone, just to experience a cracked firmware. We will not be held responsible for any loss, incidental or consequential damage, or loss arising out of installation and firmware use. You install the software at your own risk.

Also, probably some other "entrepreneur" will buy this cracked firmware and it will resell it not with $49, but with $19. And the next one will resell it only with $5. So we have not taken it step by step: we burned stages and we offer you for free this firmware.

Our advice

Our advice is a pretty simple and effective one: always use the original.

Update:

This scammer has added on eBay the same fake firmware, at lower price. This time, only $25. Also, he changed his location to Germany.

samsung g600 stealth phone irmware 7 functions

Samsung G600 stealth phone firmware scam, on eBay

Update 1.07.2015:
We have identified another scammer on eBay, selling fake Samsung G600 stealth firmware.

danielius2010 Located in Lithuania, selling fake Samsung G600 stealth firmware on eBay:

eBay scammer danielius2010, selling fake G600 stealth firmware

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And again: another repair shop guy, another fake stealth phone, another eBay scam

6/1/2015

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eBay Stealth Phone scam

This time the scammer is trying to fool you by posing innocent and genuine: he sell a phone that does not know how it works (but it sells), although claiming to be an experienced repairman when it comes about cell phones. This is what he say about the "stealth phone" he sell:

"We came across one of these handset's in a job lot purchase and it took us a day or two to realise how special it was.
For a repairman, it took quite long. Moreover, we are sure that even now he have no idea how phone work, since he nave no clue about how cellular interception work.

We are now reproducing these handsets, via the software that was loaded on it.
He wanna say that he is reproducing now a fake stealth phone.

We have not used these handsets, so do not know how to use the settings of the features, we recommend you do some research on the internet or read the link that was in the listing.
If he have no clue about how settings need to be done, how will deliver customer service? This looks like a smart way to sell a fake stealth phone: "we do not know how to use it".

The Special features do not work with Vodafone or Lebara sim cards.
Wrong. Vodafone SIM cards work with no problem, no matter if contract or prepay. But there is a thing that he don't know about what SIM cards are compatible with XCell Stealth Phone.

Prior to dispatch we wipe down all handsets with a baby wipe, to clean the handset and fragrance them.
This is the most important thing when it comes about cell phone security: to be fragrant. This is the most hilarious one.

Now you can realise the level of knowledge have an eBay seller that pretends to have a solid background in repairing, unlocking and servicing of mobile phones, since 2009:

eBay Stealth Phone scam

Have fun here.

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The truth about antitap.com, imeichanger.com and secretgsm.com

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