Florida man loses life savings of $700K in ‘SIM swap’ phone scheme

exactly the same way the phone was registered to a network in the first place.

Which YubiKey is for Android?


I can't figure it out

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You can call your cell phone provider and ask them to add a security feature to your account to prevent this. I think then that it adds a few days or something to swapping a Sim, enough time to stop someone from getting your cell phone one time codes.

he may be able to sue his phone carrier AND OR THEIR INSURANCE FOR THIS...!

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No. Its called SIM card spoofing.

They alter a SIM card that tricks the towers (and cell network) into thinking that altered SIM belongs to someone else. Then the data that should be going to someone elses phone, goes to the spoofed/altered SIM. And they basically hijack the phone.


But there is one way to stop a SIM spoof/attack. And thats using an Authenticator app for all of your money related accounts. No one can spoof or grab your Authenticator unless they physically have your phone.

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That may be what hacked his Phone

also

dig this, Cops take control of your phone, no need to swap out SIM cards
it can be done remotely

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Quote" Stingray is the generic name for an electronic surveillance tool that simulates a cell phone tower in order to force mobile phones and other devices to connect to it instead of to a legitimate cell tower. In doing so, the phone or other device reveals information about itself and its user to the operator of the stingray. Other common names for the tool are “cell-site simulator” and “IMSI catcher.”

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who is hacking Phones? don't bother to call a cop on a cop.

get it?

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Learn this, teach other people about it.

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sorry

click link to download security software for your phone

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STUPID CLOUDFARE! ATE MY TEXT.

And now remember ...... they want everyone to have digital IDs and digital wallets with all this great reset bullshit.

Now imagine what will happen to everyones IDs and govt wallets.

.... GONE!

Identity thefts galore. Cleaning out of bank accounts, vaporizing pension funds, all gone.

he got phished and fell for it

I've been using the authenticator app for nearly everything lately. Hope you're right about this.

Is this how it starts?

Thread: Anyone getting messages on their phone about not having a Sim Card inserted? WTF??

The clip suggests it was crypto stolen. Would he be able to get his money back if it were usd in a legitimate banking app, like chase?

Does this have anything to do with people having to switch sims for five G?

Thanks for the swell answer for a perfectly legitimate question, assholes.

You’re all useless.

Anything financial would be taken if they could get to it on your phone probably.


Criminals are able to obtain an individual's SIM card through phishing tactics by pretending to be the victim's mobile carrier, according to the FBI.

"Once the SIM is swapped, the victim's calls, texts, and other data are diverted to the criminal's device," the FBI said. "This access allows criminals to send 'Forgot Password' or 'Account Recovery' requests to the victim's email and other online accounts associated with the victim's mobile telephone number."

Alarmingly, "the criminal uses the codes to login and reset passwords, gaining control of online accounts associated with the victim's phone profile," the FBI said.

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Thanks

NO!!!

this is not what is happening at all.

It's where you lost your old sim and go the networks website and transfer your account to the new sim card.

This can be done over the phone with the network operator.

It's called SIM SWAP. NOT SPOOF.

I sure wish we could get this technology out of our lives. The risks outweigh the benefits now.

There’s probably no way to get that money back either.

In order to do so you will have to start a telco AND ensure that no one has access to the PBX or whatever you'll use to "create" your numbers "under control"...

You can control and own any number in your own network...

But you will never be able to do so on any networks.

So your "brilliant" ideas are really quite useless.

Well if it's crypto the ledger is public so every last cent can be traced.

Question is if the feds will invest that much time but YES they can find whomever has the funds. (theoratically)

I am a senior citizen, I know what a sim card is, I know how to put them in, the size needed and what the number is, there is something else I know, cellphones are not safe and I don't use them.

Behnken looks smoking hot. I like her for her face.

Better call Behnken...