Experts have raised the alarm about SIM swapping fraud after the number of recorded scams surged tenfold in a year. There was a 1,055 per cent increase in unauthorised phone SIM swaps in the UK in ...

A San Fernando Valley, California, man has been sentenced to more than five years in federal prison after orchestrating a massive fraud operation that targeted dozens of victims, many of them elderly.

The FBI is issuing a warning about a new scam that’s costing victims millions of dollars. A news release from the FBI alerts mobile carriers and the public about an increase in Subscriber Identity ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Criminals are increasingly using a technique called “SIM swapping” to steal personal information and gain access to your accounts ...

US officials charged a man with compromising the official Twitter/X account of the Securities and Exchange Commission for purposes of posting false information that caused the price of bitcoin to ...

MTN Ghana has rolled out a self-service SIM swap feature designed to spare customers the ordeal of visiting a service centre ...

A SIM card is a very crucial link in our connected world. Without a SIM, you can’t use UPI, access bank OTPs , communicate with anyone, get online and even use maps. A few years ago, an Indian Army ...

If you haven’t experienced SIM swap fraud, count yourself lucky. It’s a relatively new, sophisticated form of fraud that allows hackers to gain access to bank accounts, credit card numbers, and other ...

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Criminals are increasingly using a technique called “SIM swapping” to steal personal information and gain access to your accounts via your phone. SIM swapping is a crime where criminals steal your ...