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Fraudsters targeted Tube passengers with scam text messages sent from homemade 'SMS blasters' disguised as suitcases

On Friday, the fifth day of his trial at Inner London Crown Court, Daoyan Shang, 20, changed his plea to a charge of conspiracy to defraud between January and March 2025 to guilty.

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