Chiara is an award-winning investigative reporter who specialises in banking and fraud, joining Which? in 2015 following six years as a personal finance journalist at a national newspaper. Reports of ...
O2 was tricked into transferring a phone number to fraudsters, a customer has fumed. ‘Sim-swap’ fraud has affected three readers – and dealing with their mobile phone company hasn’t been easy, ...
Japan has seen a spate of "SIM swap scams," in which cell phone numbers are hijacked and misused, in recent years. Victims suddenly notice that their smartphone won't connect, and when they contact ...
Chiara is an award-winning investigative reporter who specialises in banking and fraud, joining Which? in 2015 following six years as a personal finance journalist at a national newspaper. Unsecured ...
A SIM swap attack is a fraud where scammers hijack your phone number by deceiving mobile carriers. Using your number, you may reset your passwords and receive two-factor authentication (2FA) codes.
MTN has made a major improvement to stop fraudulent SIM swaps and number porting between its mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs), requiring customers to opt in to complete these processes.
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