The invention provides an identification method of a pseudo base station, and a mobile terminal. The method comprises the following steps: receiving a broadcast message sent by a base station; and determining a fact that the base station sending the broadcast message belongs to the pseudo base station when operator identification codes carried in the broadcast message are greater than or equal totwo and belongs to different operators. Through the identification method provided by the embodiment of the invention, the pseudo base station can be effectively identified by checking the broadcast message, thereby preventing a mobile terminal from accessing to the pseudo base station, and then avoiding the privacy information of a mobile terminal user from leaking; the communication experience and the online experience of the user are improved.