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

On 2025-03-03 20:43, Andy Burns wrote:

Chris wrote:
 

Why would I legitimately ever need to be told my own
mobile number?

 But why is knowing my mobile number sufficient to rip off my mobile account?  I'd say hundreds of people know my mobile number ...

They managed to did a SIM swap. For this they needed to trick some agency that duplicates SIMs into thinking it is really you who requests the duplicate SIM.
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Cheers, Carlos.