The entire programming process takes 10-15 minutes per phone. After the ESN/MIN pair is captured, the cloner reprograms or alters the microchip of any wireless phone to create a clone of the wireless phone from which the ESN/MIN pair was stolen. The ESN/MIN pair can be cloned in a number of ways without the knowledge of the carrier or subscriber through the use of electronic scanning devices. Each cellular phone has a unique pair of identifying numbers: the electronic serial number (ESN) and the mobile identification number (MIN). How is a phone cloned? The cloning occurs when the account number of a victim telephone user is stolen and reprogrammed into another cellular telephone. What is mobile phone cloning? Mobile cloning is copying the identity of one mobile telephone to another mobile telephone. A similar racket came to light in Mumbai resulting in the arrest of four mobile dealers. He used software for the cloning and provided cheap international calls to Indian immigrants in West Asia. The accused was running an exchange illegally wherein he cloned CDMA-based mobile phones.
Such crime first came to light in January, 2005 when the Delhi police arrested a person with 20 cell phones, a laptop, a SIM scanner, and a writer. And the worst part is that there isn't much that you can do to prevent this. Today millions of mobile phones users, be it Global System for Mobile communication (GSM) or Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA), run the risk of having their phones cloned. The mobile phone subscriber base has already crossed the 50-mn mark. On the other the number of mobile phone subscribers is exceeding that of fixed-line users. On the one hand, India's mobile phone market has grown rapidly in the last few years on the back of falling phone tariffs and handset prices, making it one of the fastest growing markets globally. Mobile phones have become a major part of our everyday life.
It is also known as cell phone piracy and has been taking place throughout the world since decades. Are your mobile phone bills unexpectedly high? There's a chance you are the victim of ''mobile cloning''.
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