Phone spammer targets commuters on London Underground

Phone spammer targets commuters on London Underground

This is the moment a man who used an SMS blaster to spam commuters on the London Underground with fraudulent text messages is confronted by police. Police were alerted after a member of the public received a spam text message while travelling on the Victoria Line at around 5.30pm on 1 July. The text claimed to be from Parcel Mail and invited the reader to click on a link to update their details in order to receive a package. Users who did so wou…

Fraudster caught at London train station after sending fake parcel texts

A man who used an SMS blaster to send thousands of fraudulent text messages to commuters during rush hour has been jailed following a British Transport Police (BTP) investigation. Kong Ji Chen, 31, of no fixed address, was sentenced to 24 weeks in prison at Inner London Crown Court yesterday (15 October) after pleading guilty at an earlier hearing. The court heard that on Tuesday, 1 July 2025, at around 5.30pm, a commuter travelling on the Victo…