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

On 3/7/2025 8:24 AM, Java Jive wrote:
 

It seems very likely that I was correct.  Rereading the original BBC report, there is a single sentence which most of us seem to have missed on first reading ...
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"O2 Virgin Media confirmed the scammer telephoned its call centre requesting a new Sim and had hacked Stephen's emails."
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    It's confusing, but that seems to be backward. The scammer
called the phone company, giving email and name to get the
cellphone number, then initiated a SIM swap. That, then, gave him
the means to change the passwords.