MOBILE PHONE CLONING HISTORY WITH PREVENTION TECHNIQUES
This paper describes about the cell phone cloning with implementation in GSM and CDMA technology phones. Mobile communication has been readily available for several years, and is major business today. It provides a valuable service to its users who are willing to pay a considerable premium over a fixed line phone, to be able to walk and talk freely. Because of its usefulness and the money involved in the business, it is subject to fraud. Unfortunately, the advance of security standards has not kept pace with the dissemination of mobile communication. Some of the features of mobile. Keywords- GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications), CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access), ESN (Electronic Security Number), MIN (Mobile Identification Number), SCN (Station Class Mark), DDI (Digital Data Interface). I. INTRODUCTION Cell phone cloning is a technique where in secured data from one cell phone is transferred into another phone. The other cell phone becomes the exact replica of the original cell phone like a clone. As a result, while calls can be made from and received by both phones, only the legitimate subscriber is billed as the service provider network does not have a way to differentiate between the legitimate phones and the "cloned" phone. The cloner can set the options to ring his phone when you make a call and you will have no idea that the cloner is listening from his own mobile .He can read text message, phone book entries, look at pictures etc. Also he can dial phone numbers from their phone and a whole lot more. So when one gets huge bills, the chances are that the phone is being cloned. Millions of cell phones users, be it GSM or CDMA, run at risk of having their phones cloned.