Re: "'Scammers stole £40k after EDF gave out my number"

On 03/03/2025 12:27, Java Jive wrote:

So, EDF allowed them to go from his email address to obtaining his mobile phone number for a SIM-swap scam, but I wonder how they managed to go from either to all his savings accounts, unless they'd also compromised his PC or phone as well; if the latter, why did they need to go via EDF?

Once you've got the email and done the SIM swap scam or hacked SS7 to read someone’s incoming SMS, that's enough, or almost enough, to get in to all sorts of things via the I've forgotten my password link on their websites.
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Brian Gregory (in England).