There are all kinds of scams out there that we need to protect ourselves from, and one that is especially on the rise right now is known as SIM swapping. This type of scam takes control of your phone ...

If you haven’t experienced SIM swap fraud, count yourself lucky. It’s a relatively new, sophisticated form of fraud that allows hackers to gain access to bank accounts, credit card numbers, and other ...

Experts have raised the alarm about SIM swapping fraud after the number of recorded scams surged tenfold in a year. There was a 1,055 per cent increase in unauthorised phone SIM swaps in the UK in ...

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Sophisticated scams that hijack your mobile phone and gain access to money accounts are surging, the FBI said in an alert. The number of "SIM swapping" complaints jumped to a whopping 1,611 in 2021 ...

The F.B.I. has issued a warning about the growing number of “SIM swap” scams that essentially steal someone’s cellphone number to hack their personal data. A “SIM swap” scam occurs when a criminal ...

A type of identity theft whereby the crook has already stolen a user's login data to a financial account but needs to verify actually logging in via the code commonly texted to a phone number. See two ...

Identity thieves have a new way of gaining access to your finances. Even if you’ve frozen your credit report, they can grab your money by taking over your phone number. It’s called “SIM swapping.” ...