
How to identify 'SIM blocking' scams
To avoid "SIM blocking" scams, people should proactively check whether their information has been standardized using tools and instructions from their network providers.

To avoid "SIM blocking" scams, people should proactively check whether their information has been standardized using tools and instructions from their network providers.

As of May 15th, over 985.000 subscribers who had not complied with the standardization notice had their contracts terminated, telecommunications services discontinued, and their subscriber numbers revoked.

Amidst demands from mobile network operators to standardize information, numerous users have received threatening calls stating their subscriptions will be blocked within 2 hours.

Registering subscriber information according to Decree No. 49/2017/ND-CP has been a hot topic attracting public attention in recent days. Users are rushing to register their information, while network operators are continuously announcing and actively implementing plans to support customers in updating their information.

A representative from the network provider stated that they have sent notification messages to subscribers regarding the need to update their personal information, otherwise their SIM cards will be blocked for outgoing calls in the near future.

Viettel has just announced that customers who have not updated their subscriber information before June 2nd are allowed one more opportunity within 3 days to complete the update, after which their outgoing calls will be blocked.

Following reports from many Viettel subscribers about their SIM cards being blocked by the network provider for not updating their personal information, Viettel affirms that it had not blocked any subscribers before June 2nd.

This is the main content of the message sent to some subscribers who have not yet completed the information update by Viettel network.

On the morning of April 21st, a large number of mobile subscribers in Ho Chi Minh City lined up at mobile network operators' service centers to complete their paperwork. MobiFone announced that the deadline would be extended until after April 24th.

Vinaphone, Viettel, and MobiFone service points are always overloaded as people flock there to register their information and submit portrait photos for mobile phone subscriptions; many points remain open until 23 PM.