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

On 05/03/2025 14:29, Frank Slootweg wrote:

David Wade <dave@g4ugm.invalid> wrote:
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Now I know to do these things in the UK on-line requires a mobile linked
to an e-mail account, so lose your mobile and buy a new one you are
screwed...

    Why would you be screwed? Yes, a new phone costs money, it's -
rightfully so - a hassle to get a replacement SIM and restoring your
apps and data is not all that easy, but "screwed"?

because where you have no local branch of a bank, as is now common in the UK, you are forced to use on-line services. UK law now requires that such on-line services use some form of 2FA, most send a text to your mobile. However if you consider your PAYG SIMM disposable you now have a new number and have the hassle of trying to update it on the banks records...
Dave