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 ...
 "O2 Virgin Media confirmed the scammer telephoned its call centre requesting a new Sim and had hacked Stephen's emails."
 

   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.
   It would be interesting to see a security expert look at this
in detail. There are many reports online, but they all seem to be
reprints of one poorly researched article.