THE Zambia Information and Communications Technology Authority (ZICTA) says it has deactivated 49,000 SIM cards used to perpetrate fraud this year. In an interview, Tuesday, ZICTA Public Relations Officer Hanford Chaaba cautioned consumers against engaging in any altercations with scammers, as it could be used against them. “The [deactivation] process has so far been very good. It has been going on very well. And just this year alone we have seen the deactivation of 49,000 SIM cards. But from October 2022 up to December 2023 we had about 144,000. So, between January and where we are at, as at the end of August we had about 49,000. But the process so far is very, very good. We have also heightened...