There were people there recentlyThreadsThe allegation was that he purchased a Korean 5-day roaming card (prepaid card roaming pass) from Taiwan Mobile, but the clerk did not explain the validity period, making him mistakenly believe that the SIM card would expire after only 5 days of validity and did not follow up on the SIM card. Unexpectedly, after using it for a month, he was notified by the police that he was accidentally involved in a fraud case, and he said that he was “so angry that he went crazy.”
What is the Taiwan Mobile roaming card (prepaid roaming card)? Why do people buy roaming prepaid cards to travel abroad, but when they return home, they are inexplicably involved in fraud?lawsuit? Let’s do an analysis below:
I bought a prepaid roaming card to travel abroad, but when I returned home, I was inexplicably involved in a fraud lawsuit? The main reason is that some people use roaming prepaid cards(Prepaid roaming card) was mistaken for a one-time roaming network card, and was discarded after returning to the country and was illegally used by fraud groups, resulting in unnecessary lawsuits. The following is a video and detailed description of the introduction and risk summary of roaming prepaid cards (Prepaid Card Roaming Pass):
1. What is a roaming card (prepaid card roaming pass)?
Taiwan Mobile Prepaid Card Roaming Pass is a Taiwan Mobile prepaid card that provides prepaid card users with product selections for overseas roaming discounts. Currently, the areas where discounts are available are countries where Chinese people often travel abroad, including Japan, South Korea, the United States, China, Hong Kong and Macao, Hong Kong, and Thailand Roaming Pass. Whether it is business or overseas vacation travel, there are more flexible discounts.
As it has become popular for Chinese people to travel abroad, due to the NCC’s current requirement that both domestic telecom accounts and pure Internet services for overseas travel must complete the KYC identity verification process. As a result, most telecom operators can only promote international roaming plans with the original phone and original number, and it is difficult to compete with the increasingly popular and affordable eSIM travel cards and physical travel cards. In order to prevent outsiders from gaining access to their money, the three telecommunications companies have all opened up prepaid cards for international roaming. Among them, Taiwan Mobile’s roaming card (Prepaid Card Roaming Pass) provides an all-you-can-eat plan for surfing the Internet every day and the price is enough to compete with the physical travel cards in the market. It is the most praised by netizens.
However, the essence of a prepaid card that allows international roaming is still a prepaid card. It is usually valid for half a year after application. This is different from the international roaming travel card that expires after use! If the public mistakenly thinks that a prepaid card with a validity period of half a year is a one-time roaming network card, it will be invalid after returning to the country.Discard at will, there is a risk that the phone number will be illegally used by fraud groups.
2. Why do people buy prepaid roaming cards to travel abroad, but when they return home, they are inexplicably involved in fraud lawsuits?
A netizen named Wang isThreadsShare, I recently went to Taiwan Mobile to apply for a Korean 5-day prepaid roaming card (roaming pass), but the clerk did not explain the validity period of the prepaid SIM card, which led him to think that it would automatically expire after the same use period as a general travel roaming card, so he threw away the SIM card after use and did not apply for suspension in time. Unexpectedly, after using it for a month, he was notified by the police that he was accidentally involved in a fraud case. He said that he was “mad with anger”. Lianhe News Network also reported that another citizen also complained in the community that last year he also went to Taiwan Mobile to apply for a prepaid roaming network card for overseas use. However, this year he received a notice from the police saying that his phone number was involved in a case and that he had to go to the police station to cooperate with the investigation.Although the netizen did not explain on social media why he was involved in the fraud, judging from the text messages sent to users by Taiwan Mobile, it seems that the prepaid roaming network card used abroad that should be discarded was picked up or switched by the fraud group, and the phone number was used as a fraud tool, so the police asked the police to cooperate with the investigation.
According to the experience shared by netizens, these cases are usually not prosecuted, but being interrogated by the police or prosecutors is a foolproof disaster. In case the card is paid or intentionally provided to a fraud group, according to the currentCourt precedent, if the main suspect cannot be caught, he will become an accomplice and have to compensate the victim for all losses, which is not worth the loss!
In other words, the main reason why this person bought a prepaid roaming card to travel abroad and was inexplicably involved in a fraud lawsuit was that he mistook the prepaid card as a one-time, purely international roaming travel card and discarded it at will. In view of the increasing difficulty in obtaining telecommunications phone numbers, fraud groups have tried every means to collect phone numbers that people may have neglected to discard, allowing fraud groups to take advantage of them. but,It’s just a coincidence that SIMs that people throw away will be obtained by fraud groups. If there are more and more cases like this, it cannot be ruled out that fraud groups are inducing people to apply for such roaming prepaid cards!
According to the latest statistics released by the Tourism Administration of the Ministry of Transportation and Communications, the number of Taiwanese people going abroad (outbound) in 2025 hit a record high again, with a total of 18.944436 people throughout the year. In the modern digital society, traveling abroad would be life-threatening without international roaming. However, in order to prevent fraud, NCC still requires that these telecommunications services must complete the KYC (Know Your Customer) identity verification process before they can be officially provided for use in accordance with the “Regulations on the Prevention of Fraud and Crime Hazards” for online prepaid cards and eSIM services that are purely used for overseas travel. The NCC’s stricture not only makes it difficult for Taiwanese telecom operators to compete with travel card operators that use foreign international data traffic, but also forces Taiwanese people to use overseas products that pose risks to personal data, privacy, and data transmission security. Roaming prepaid cards purchased from telecom operators also have custody liability risks and additional cancellation troubles. On the contrary, Taiwanese people are exposed to greater information security risks. Although the NCC has stated that it will further discuss specific targets with prosecutors, police, and industry players in the future to simplify procedures, the NCC is currently leaderless, and bureaucrats often use chicken feathers as arrows to ignore the voices of the industry. The Taiwanese people can only wish for themselves. In addition to taking good care of the purchased roaming sim card to prevent it from falling into the hands of strangers, you can also carefully choose a travel card provider with a good reputation to ensure the safety of your personal information!
Source: KOCPC Chinese