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Recently browsing eBay, we have discovered 2 old scammers located in the UK, that are using 2 new accounts, selling fake stealth phones since 2011: Here is the fake stealth phone type sold by spdirect on eBay:  Fake stealth phone  Fake stealth phone What you have to do, just to make sure you will not buy from a scammer, a fake stealth phone? Nothing complicated: avoid fakes by buying from official distributors or directly from manufacturer.
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Started few years ago, our website and blog has been visited by many people. Some of them sent us messages saying that the info contained by the website has been quite helpful when choosing a stealth phone to buy. Also, existing users of fake stealth phones has abandoned their fake phones, avoiding this way many troubles generated by the lack of security which those phone have. We've got a lot of messages coming from this poor people, most of them telling us about how difficult was to get a money refund from the sellers that sell fake stealth phones, no matter if they sell the phones on eBay, online classifieds or dedicated websites. Also, they told us about lack of customer service, replacement of faulty phones and non professional explanations about how the phone work and how to use it on a daily basis You can see below only few examples:.   There is just a single conclusion: avoid buying and using stealth phones that have doubtful or shady origin, and buy only form certified manufacturers or official distributors.
 Stealth phones scam in progress on blackstone-security.jimdo.com Recently discovered new stealth phones scam on blackstone-security.jimdo.com have some pretty funny "pluses" than other competitor scammers. They claim that the stealth phone they sell have no more that 10 (yes, ten!) "clandestine operational functions", as you can see on the picture above. There is the same old scam: a cracked and non working firmware installed on wrong cell phones (Samsung G600) that will give you only a cell phone that looks like a stealth phone but with no working functions. Sounds familiar? Sure it does: we have revealed this scam since last year. This sneaky scammer is trying to mislead buyers by selling the same 7 functions stealth phone firmware installed on Samsung G600 cell phones, by simply inventing some additional functions. The firmware used to make his counterfeit stealth phones is absolutely the same as the one you can download for free from our website, for testing purposes: click here to download 7 functions Samsung G600 firmware. Lame: copy/paste scammer What else the lame scammer did? Well, proving that he is a lazy ass, an ignorant when it comes to websites or just a little theft (we think that he is a bit of all), he stole the text and pictures from the x-cellular.com website. Looks familiar? Sure it does: there was another scammer who stole text and pictures from the original manufacturer website, called Sohail Hussain aka Steven Adams (Jd Mobile Unlocking Service, private held company). Click here for more info. Selling fake stealth phones is something, but stealing from others is something else. But when you put all together this facts, the only conclusion you can get is that the scammer have no idea about how things are done on cellphone interception field and have no idea on how stealth phone works. Buying from this scammer is like buying medicine from a quack and not from a pharmacy. We had a bit of fun with this copy/paste scammer: seeing that he copied also the "About Us" text from x-cellular.com (including pics) and pretending to have a "background in signal intelligence and direct experience of working with GSM, Security phones developers had a significant head start", we have sent him a mail asking simple programming questions, just to make sure he knows at least Java programming language which is also the language used to build the stealth phone firmware. No reply whatsoever, and we'll not expect one by obvious reasons. There are no developers related to this scam. In fact there is no team at all, but only a scammer trying to fool people. And sure, they claim (actually a text copied from x-cellular.com website) that "the development staff consists of individuals spanning different languages, regions, industries, and nationalities. We are experts in offensive GSM security , cybercrime and security intelligence." Experts... The scammer is selling also his counterfeit stealth phones on eBay, under the nickname www-kpex-de  www.kpex.de stealth phone scam on eBay And yes, the scammer call all this scams as "Advanced Solutions". No doubt, those are solutions to get some money from ignorant people. What other scam he sell? Remember the Anonymous SIM card scam that we have revealed last year? Well, based on the principle "monkey see, monkey do", this scammer is selling sell so called anonymous SIM cards, as the other scammers do. No doubt, there is one thing that scammer knows: how to copy others. And he think that is the business key to success. Or at least to have some pocket money that comes from uninformed or ignorant buyers.  SIM card scam on http://blackstone-security.jimdo.com You can have the complete picture of the scam developed on blackstone-security.jimdo.com when you realize that the webstore has been built on a free platform. (jimdo.com). Why that? Someone who sell security solutions (and not any solutions but "advanced solutions" as he claim) cannot afford a domain name and a decent website when (probably) selling products worth hundreds of euro? Or does he hide his ass under the anonymity offered by a free platform website? Whatever the reasons are, you have to avoid buying from this scammer. A clear thing, you can not buy security from someone who steal the others hard work, selling cracked/unlicensed firmware and having no idea about how cell phone interception works, pretending to be "a team of skilled programmers". Update (22nd November 2015): Realizing that his scam has been revealed, the scammer did the same as the one who ran imeichanger.com, antitap.com and secretgsm.com: has closed down the website located at http://blackstone-security.jimdo.com/ Following our marketing advice, the scammer has bought from jimdo.com his own domain name (antispymob.com), and now he is redirecting the visitors to his new website, called http://www.antispymob.com/ Apparently the scammer will continue to run his scams on this new website. We will keep you informed about future scam development. On the scammer eBay account (User ID www-kpex-de) he uses a stolen picture from x-cellular.com website, trying to mislead buyers that the fake phones he sell are enabled with "New updated GUI interface". Despite the fact that he have no idea what GUI means, he is fool enough to use the Xcell logotype on the phone homescreen when selling his fake stealth phones. This is why anyone should ask him before buying about XCell security seals on the phone backside. Just ask him to send you a photo with the phone backside, along with phone IMEI number. Then you can simply ask XCell guys is that details are genuine or not. Simple as that.  www-kpex-de selling fake stealth phones on eBay, stealing Xcell GUI and misleading buyers Just to make sure that we're not wrong, we have contacted XCell Technologies, asking if they have any reseller within Germany and The Netherlands. The answer was negative, there is no XCell reseller for these counties. You can do the same, asking about Germany and The Netherlands XCell reseller: you will get the same response. However, the scammer is trying to hide behind a company called Ennetcom (http://www.detectnu.nl/?page=http%3A//detectnu.home.xs4all.nl/opdrachtform.htm) pretending that the fake stealth phones he sell are manufactured by detectnu.nl. And here comes the ridiculous lie: how can a company like Ennetcom that sell only BlackBerry secure solutions (and not even the phones itself), a company that is not talking nor offer any dynamic IMEI phones, manufacturing dynamic IMEI phones and sell them only on a eBay account and (until few days ago) on an obscure and dubious web page?! You cannot see any references about dynamic IMEI phones on the Ennetcom (detectnu.nl) web page. Lets be honest: Ennetcom (detectnu.nl) are not at all manufacturers but only a BlackBerry solutions resellers, and nothing else. No doubt, there is a logical fracture in the scammer thoughts: there is no manufacturer that is not selling his products on his own website, but only other companies products. Make sense to you? And yes, there is another stupid thing that the scammer is trying to promote: a stealth phone which have the XCell Technologies logotype (the famous X), manufactured by detectnu.nl, a company that in a strange mode, does not say anything about dynamic IMEI stealth phones and actually does not produce anything but only reselling Blackberry secure services. Does it make any sense for you?  Detectnu.nl stealth phone scam  Stealth phone scam on eBay. Seller: www-kpex-de As a "very serious" and professional business that "produce" sell a lot of "secure" cell phones, guess what else this scammer is selling to make some pocket money: paintball masks and USB cables. A veritable businessman that is doing businesses on a large scale. Expect a professional customer service and explanations from someone that is selling this king of products? We hope not.  One last thing: a website will never be a manufacturer, as the scammer claim. But only a manufacturing company can produce something. A website is only a marketing platform, a web store.
 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:
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.  selling illegal spy-phone softwre Then in 2008 he has discovered gsmhosting.com forum, starting to post offers for spy-phone software.  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  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  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.  ConclusionsAll 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. 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. 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:
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 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  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 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 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  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: If the firmware from the first link does not work, try this one: 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 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  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.
 A new fake stealth phone IMEI sticker Two days ago we've got an email from Mr. J.T. Lawrence, a respectable lawyer that has bought a fake stealth phone from eBay. He says: "Until I read your blog entries I did not know that there are fake stealth phones. Last year I've bought one on eBay (from an UK seller), and the decision was made only because of the low price of the phone. After a week, at my request the Police has confirmed that my phone was being intercepted for a month because of one of my clients. I will not go into details, not important for this case. However, the real problem is this: at that time, my so called "stealth phone" has not triggered any taping warnings. Not even once. I've got the confirmation that my phone was tapped with an IMSI Catcher. Personally, I have not been affected by this situation. But I would like that other fake stealth phone users to learn that the phones does not work as sellers describe on eBay, the danger arising from this being a major one. Moreover, I have noticed that the seller from whom I bought the phone, has sold until now (Jan.2015) a pretty large number of fakes: over 90 devices. For this reason I have sent you some pictures of the label stuck on the back of the phone, which identify a fake stealth phone. It's a different kind of label than you previously presented, being probably the newer type. You may be wondering what I did further. Well, I have contacted the scammer, demanding explanations about the phone malfunction. First (and last, by the way) he replied nonchalantly that he have no idea about how interception work and how phones get tapped, being a simple seller. All this, despite the fact that his eBay page contain some explanations about cell phone interception. This was the only "customer service" received from this seller. Since then he did not answer my messages. Of course, I've got no reply when I have requested a refund because the "stealth phone" that he sold to me is a fake one. I hope that my bad experience regarding cheap stealth phones will be a lesson for those who want to buy a phone at low price. And urge all those who have already done so, to immediately request a refund from the seller. I will also keep in mind your advice, and another time I'll buy a genuine stealth phone from true manufacturers. By the way, I've bought mine from a repair shop guy... Not a smart idea, huh?" He sent this pictures: Our photo edit:  Samsung has never used such labels. This time: the guy behind imeichanger.com, secretgsm.com and antitap.com Article disclaimer: All data and information provided on this article is for informational purposes only, being widely available and collected off the Internet. We have taken website screenshots that might not be available at the time you read this blog entry, being removed by the website owner. All information is provided on an as-is basis. Read our Blog disclaimer. The reputation (which we doubt that even exist before by some certain reasons) of antitap.com, imeichanger.com and secretgsm.com has been irremediably lost by these dirty actions of the guy behind these sites. We strongly recommend to avoid this websites. The websites owner got caught using fake IMEI labels to fool the buyers that he sell proper and working stealth phones, and because of that he removed the pictures off his websites. That was too late, we have recorded him as scammer and all proofs are posted below and will remain available on our website, for anyone who wants to know the truth about this particular scammer.  Counterfeit stealth phone by antitap.com We have discovered recently another website that is offering "stealth phones" on cheap prices. Apparently, this vendor is selling stealth phones that comes on the right platform: G608.  A fake IMEI sticker, for a fake stealth phone. By antitap.com Getting IMEI from a fake stealth phone The thing that caught our attention in the mention "ANTITAP" on the back label, as you can see in the screenshot attached. Being an unusual and irregular mention on any mobile phone label and even more for a phone produced by Samsung, we proceeded to investigate this inscription. Thus, we used a software application called Barcode Scanner (an Android application freely available on Play Store) for reading bar code label. You can do this as well.  The IMEI barcode shows the fake label: Samsung G600, and not G608. Busted. By scanning the bar code directly from our PC screen, we've got this result: The digits you can see in the photo above are just the phone IMEI. This bar code containing phone IMEI is present on any mobile phone. We've proceeded further, in order to identify the phone model, by correlating IMEI that appears on the label. By parsing the IMEI code on a online IMEI analysing tool (www.imei.info), we've got this result:  Checking fake IMEI Checking up the IMEI:  And surprise: IMEI belongs to Samsung G600. Busted! So, the IMEI claimed to belong to a Samsung G608 actually belongs to a Samsung G600, which is the wrong platform used by scammers to sell fake stealth phones. Simple as that. A genuine Samsung G600 back label looks like this:  Proper Samsung S/N: 11 digit Please note the structure of Serial Number: 11 digit, as Samsung official says. We did not stop there and asked an Samsung official about this label (IMEI and S/N). Here is his response: samsung_reply.pdf Download File SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO.,LTD. 416 Maetan3-Dong Yeongtong-gu, Suwon city, Gyeonggi-Do, Korea 442-742 Date: Jan12, 2015 RE: Request of Information for IMEI 355683044004277 To: Mr. XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX The IMEI 355683044004277 belongs to an Samsung SGH-G600 that was produced by Samsung Electronics in 2007. The serial number R1VPANTITAP is wrong an is not specific to Samsung S/N. Serial numbers used for Samsung G600 and Samsung G608 series are having 11 (eleven) digit, a sequence of letters and numbers but not only letters. We are happy to assist you in your academic study. Please do not hesitate to contact us for further assistance. Sincerely, SEOUNG HO PARK SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO.,LTD. We also find that FCC ID A3LSGHG606 from that fake Samsung G608 belongs actually to Samsung G600:  FCC ID belongs to Samsung G600 This particular scammer is trying to fool buyers and taking advantage of the lack of information of most of you, when it comes to special mobile phones called stealth phones. This scammer sell fake stealth phones, making them to look like original ones (XCell) by sticking a false label on the back of the phone. And nothing more. No hardware modifications, no filters, nothing that can be named a real and working stealth phone. Moreover, this scammer is trying to convince the website visitors and potential buyers that Samsung Electronics has built the "stealth phone" that he sell. Nothing could be more wrong: Samsung has never built stealth phones but only regular cellular phones. The real IMEI change stealth phones are being built based on a patent that belong to XCell Technologies, the manufacturer company. The phones are manufactured only by XCell Technologies and sold directly to consumers or through various resellers and regional dealers, under various brand names or even as no name stealth phones for discrete use, considering XCell reputation and brand awareness. You can easily identify a real XCell stealth phone by checking up the security seal and other things mentioned in the previous post. Conclusions If the low price is the only choice maker, you should think once again before buying a cheap stealth phone from a dubious seller: is that you want? A fake stealth phone is as useful as a real one? It will work the same? Will really protect your privacy? The answers are found in comparative tests presented in the previous post. And not at last: our advice is just to avoid www.imeichanger.com and secretgsm.com, if you really care of your calls privacy.  Fake Samsung G608 sold by antitap.com Update 30.05.2015: The websites owner (imeichanger.com, antitap.com and secretgsm.com) has removed by some obvious reasons (he got caught using fake IMEI labels to fool the buyers that he sell proper and working stealth phones) the pictures that shows fake IMEI sticker. Right now he is only stating that the phones he sell are Samsung G608, as you can see on above screenshot. Just for your own knowledge, if you want to challenge this scammer to disclose the real Samsung platform, you might ask him certain questions. Please contact us for further information. Another hilarious and cheap trick used by this funny scammer (trick actually used before by the same person) is pretending out of the blue that he sell nothing but IMEI stealth Phone v4 (?!). 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. 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.  Fake v4 version sold by antitap.com Here is the real and the latest version of stealth phone developed by the genuine manufacturer, XCell Technologies. Please note the clearly spotted differences between the latest version (v3) an the previous one: What else?
Well, as before there is no product manual, but only few heterogeneous and promiscuous explanations copied off the XCell website. Because XCell Technologies has understood do not disclose some crucial functions and how to be used to general public but only to its users, the scammer that have no clue about how the phone work and how cell phone interception is actually performed, has simply skipped the explanations about Channel lock and Unping functions. Also, he have no clue about how to proper use the IMEI change function. Actually there is no user instructions but only a promiscuous and hard to understand phone description. The conclusions are yours, and are more than relevant. Following our investigations, we found that the website is run by a private person. There is no company behind website. Hence the risk of buying off this site any products offered for sale. On Contact page there is only a contact form, with no postal address or other details regarding company location, things which should arouse suspicions straight away, to anyone. No wonder this scammer is confusing a website with the company itself, which beyond being a funny approach it relives his business understanding. We'll be back with more info. |
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