Article 3W52C Fraudsters offers thousands to low-waged telco employees for help with SIM Swap scams

Fraudsters offers thousands to low-waged telco employees for help with SIM Swap scams

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Cory Doctorow
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SIM Swapping is a powerful form of fraud in which criminals convince the phone company to switch your phone number to a SIM they control; once they have your phone number, they can bypass the SMS-based two-factor authentication protecting your cryptocurrency wallets, social media accounts, and other valuable systems. (more")

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