Cheap 4G SIMs are flooding the internet market

Although carriers are ‘wiping out’ junk SIMs, limiting cheap 4G packages to certain customers, cheap 4G SIMs that don’t need to be verified are still widely sold.
From SIM trading groups on social networks to e-commerce platforms, cheap 4G SIMs are always a hot seller. Instead of 4G packages of only a few GB per month that carriers promote and distribute, cheap 4G SIMs on the online market often come with “terrible” 4G packages with the price of less than 100,000 VND/month.

The price is 3 times cheaper, no owner needed Specifically, the best-selling cheap 4G SIMs on online markets are usually VinaPhone’s D500, VD149 SIM, Viettel’s V90, V120 SIM, Vietnamobile’s unlimited 4G monthly SIM card or MobiFone’s MDT250A SIM. These are cheap packages, usually in the form of a 1-year package that does not need to be recharged. The convenience of these SIM lines also lies in the fact that users do not need to register the subscriber’s own owner, just buy it and perform the activation operation, the SIM will always be used without the owner’s information. Cheap 4G SIMs that don’t need to be registered are sold widely on online markets. About the price, the same package that the carrier collects monthly from prepaid or postpaid users, these cheap 4G SIMs have cheaper monthly rates, even without monthly payments, just buy SIM card can be used continuously for 12 months. For example, with Viettel’s V120 package, this network operator collects a monthly fee of 120,000 VND per month from registered users, but when using a cheap 4G SIM on the network market, the price of this package is only 90,000 VND per month. month. Deeper reduction can include SIM VD149 of VinaPhone. Instead of paying 149,000 VND per month like a regular SIM, users of cheap 4G SIMs buying on the online market only have to pay a one-time payment of about 680,000 VND to buy a SIM, which can be used for 12 months. This price is equivalent to more than 56,000 VND a month, nearly 3 times cheaper than the price offered by the network operator for the same package. According to the advertisement of online merchants, a cheap 4G SIM is a type of SIM suitable for technology car drivers, students, and users who need to use 4G continuously with large capacity and cheap price. A quick survey shows that the price of this type of SIM ranges from less than 100,000 VND to about 700,000 VND depending on the package and network operator. After ordering a cheap 4G SIM above, Zing quickly receive goods and use SIM immediately, no need to register any subscription information. When looking up subscriber information, the system from the network operator returns information that the subscriber owner is a person named Long in Tra Vinh with the accompanying CCCD number. Also according to the seller, users can send their CCCD information to register the owner for peace of mind to use the SIM for a long time. Share with Zing , a telecommunications expert said that in addition to the risk of being fined for using junk SIMs, buyers and users of non-original SIM cards are also likely to be scammed, buying unusable SIMs such as end. “Besides, when sending information to register the SIM owner purchased online, users are also likely to have their information stolen to register for other non-original SIMs. Most likely cheap 4G SIMs sold on the Internet. The network is also pre-registered using the information of previous customers,” he said. Strongly scan for junk SIM In order to have a “clean” database to deploy new services, the authorities and network operators are stepping up the cleaning of telecommunications junk, including spam SIMs, spam messages and spam calls. Previously, the Ministry of Information and Communications (TT & TT) asked the carriers to directly connect the database of subscriber information registration with the Department of Telecommunications. In addition, develop and apply criteria to prevent suspicious activity on the distribution channel such as not allowing activation at night, activation frequency exceeding 1 subscriber/minute, 100 subscribers/day, registration Sign more than 3 subscribers/1 number of papers. The Ministry of Information and Communications and network operators are stepping up the search for junk SIM and other telecommunications waste. Photo: Ngo Minh. Also according to the regulator, the carriers also deployed an artificial intelligence (AI) matching tool to identify portraits and documents using artificial intelligence (AI) across the entire distribution channel to prevent the use of documents. invalid, use photos instead of real people… Network operators including Viettel, VNPT and MobiFone also offer strong solutions to combat spam such as stopping the sale of network adapters at authorized dealers, stopping the right to connect subscriber numbers of authorized dealers from June 1. 2020. Instead, businesses will focus on selling SIMs and registering subscriber information at their telecommunications service providers. According to the provisions of Clause 1, Article 2 of Decree 49, the act of using someone else’s documents (even if they are lent) or transferring the registered SIM card to another person for use without re-signing the contract will be subject to administrative fines up to 500,000 VND. In addition, according to the Department of Telecommunications, when there are violations of the law, cases related to mobile subscriber numbers are used by individuals or organizations in the name of the subscriber, but not directly but to be used by the person who violates the law, the person in the name of the subscriber is responsible for explaining and proving his innocence when requested by the authorities, even having to bear joint criminal responsibility. if this violation causes serious consequences.