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China Mobile Zhejiang is closed to receive international calls by default, causing heated discussions | Phone scams |

[Epoch Times, May 14, 2022]The Zhejiang branch of China Mobile, a Chinese telecommunications company, recently took the lead in implementing a controversial new regulation, claiming that according to the request of its superiors, it will default to answering international and Hong Kong and Macao calls in order to prevent overseas phone fraud. desk phone. If users need to answer overseas calls, they must confirm and register within the time limit. The news caused netizens to ridicule that the CCP was going to close down the country.

Lu Media Blue Whale Finance reported on the 13th that the relevant person in charge of China Mobile Zhejiang confirmed that the default user has closed the news of receiving international calls and calls from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan. closure.

According to the report, Henan Mobile, Henan Unicom, and Henan Telecom previously announced that since May 7, the international, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan SMS receiving functions have been disabled by default.

The screenshot of the network shows that Zhejiang Mobile sent a text message to inform customers that: “In recent years, overseas fraudulent phone calls have occurred frequently. In order to protect your property safety, according to the requirements of the higher authorities, Zhejiang Mobile has fully implemented the international and Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan telephone answering functions. , if you need to answer international and Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan calls, please send 1219 to 10086 before May 20 to confirm the registration, users who do not register or register incorrectly will turn off the international and Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan voice answering functions in batches.”

After the customer sends 1219 to confirm the registration, Zhejiang Mobile will send another text message saying: “You have confirmed that you have reserved the international and Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan telephone answering function, and will answer all international, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan voice calls. You may receive fraudulent or spam calls. Please consider carefully and pay attention to risk prevention.”

(Internet screenshot)

In response, some mainland netizens posted on Weibo, mocking the CCP regime’s “struggling to become the second North Korea” and “Is the penetration of public power too much? Yesterday, it was not necessary to go abroad. Today, overseas communications are cut off. What about tomorrow? ?” “Stop eating because of choking, outrageous 2022”.

The news also sparked heated discussions in overseas Chinese circles. There was a lot of scolding on Twitter. Some netizens believed that this was an attempt by the Beijing authorities to prevent mainland people from receiving outside information.

“It also uses the pretext of anti-fraud. The largest fraud group in China is in China. It is called the Communist Party of China.”

“One road goes to the dark rhythm, and I no longer give any hope at all.” “The crime of eavesdropping on the enemy’s Taiwan will be imminent.”

“Cut off the international Internet and build a walled local area network within easy reach.”

“What about those who do business with foreign countries? Only email? Go back 20 years on your own.”

“It’s not West Joseon now, it has always been West Joseon.”

“Secluded from the country, isolated from the world’s modern civilization, and returned to the Daqin feudal dynasty!”

Cai Xia, a former professor at the Central Party School, tweeted: “The official government strictly controls domestic personnel to go abroad. Now there is a cut off of communication between the mainland and overseas. The door of the country is closing rapidly, and the mainland is returning to the period of isolation and isolation. The mainland has become West Korea. Mao Er Jin San.”

Responsible editor: Ning Feng#