Posted on 05/14/2022 9:47:58 AM PDT by Mr. Mojo
What’s that in the picture?
Click on it. It’s one of those new-fangled things called a “link.”
Sorry Homeland Security is FAR TO BUSY tracking down moms at school board meetings GEEZE how many things are they supposed to handle, those VERY DANGEROUS moms are storming the country /s
“If they are too stupid to fall for this scam they need to pay this guy”
It’s not that phone companies are stupid. It’s that 10,000 minimum wage employees at Verizon have access to your account. If someone has $200 and wants your account details, it doesn’t take many calls to find a willing partner.
I also had T-Mobile and my phone constantly was saying didn’t recognize SIM, I dumped T-Mobile haven’t had the problem since!!
I didn’t see in the article HOW they are doing that.
Your phone number is registered to your SIM card. Move the SIM card to another phone and the new phone rings when you dial the number.
The thief called the phone company and tricked them into registering the guy's phone number to a new SIM card in the thief's possession.
I would say for a few hundred bucks they could find MANY willing partners to many kids today have the mindset of taking down THE MAN, they don’t give a damn about the companies they work for!! This needs to come with SEVERE consequences however with todays DA’s I seriously doubt that will happen!!
Call tech support to any of them. None of them ring an American, all are oversea call centers. Ironically in a similar geographical area to the scammers. Where do you think they get all the info? Big companies are just handing it over.
Social engineering. Two minute video example:
https://youtu.be/lc7scxvKQOo
The thief called the phone company and tricked them into registering the guy’s phone number to a new SIM card in the thief’s possession.
Based on what you said, it is the phone company that was fooled here - and therefore responsible for damages.
Nailed it.
I was just guessing and proposed a possible scenario so the OP would understand what a SIM swap is.
I did not mean to imply that I know exactly what happened.
Ok, I am not very technologically intelligent. I know my old flip phone had a SIM card, but do iPhones have them also? I’ve never been asked to switch out my SIM card since I got an iPhone. Is this something I should worry about?
This guy didn’t do anything wrong. The financial institutions he does business were duped. This should be their responsibility and not his. I don’t understand why, when a bank or investment house falls for a false representation it becomes the problem of one of their customers.
Welcome to the 21st Century.
I pretty much use my iPhone device for everything. From storing and using my train tickets, my movie tickets, my airplane boarding passes and paying for just about anything (Apple Pay or Venmo). All my banking and stock transactions are done over the iPhone.
You do need to be careful though.
> • Do not store passwords, usernames, or other information for easy login on mobile device applications.
Well, I use a password manager. It was a lot of work to get organized on that though. I think they’re referring to the common method of keeping a spreadsheet or text file like so many do.
Some numbers can be transferred between phones. Like if you’re getting rid of your landline for a cell and want to keep the landline number you might be able to have it ring in on your cell. — From the article though it looks like there’s more involved in it than that if they can find out about your financial logins.
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No. I appreciate it!
That video should be a training film for phone company call centers.
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