Gang ‘took SMS blasters on tube to steal thousands from Londoners with fake delivery texts’

SMS text messaging equipment recovered in a different case (Picture: UK Finance)

A gang trying to scam Londoners into handing over thousands of pounds were foiled by an off-duty police officer, a court has heard.

Two men were caught wheeling heavy suitcases equipped with homemade ‘SMS blasters’ around the London Underground network, Inner London Crown Court heard.

The alleged ‘smishing’ plot involving ‘top boss’ Zhijia Fan, 48, and his ‘right-hand man’ Daoyan Shang, 20, unravelled...