Chiara is an award-winning investigative reporter who specialises in banking and fraud, joining Which? in 2015 following six years as a personal finance journalist at a national newspaper. Reports of ...

Japan has seen a spate of "SIM swap scams," in which cell phone numbers are hijacked and misused, in recent years. Victims suddenly notice that their smartphone won't connect, and when they contact ...

O2 was tricked into transferring a phone number to fraudsters, a customer has fumed. ‘Sim-swap’ fraud has affected three readers – and dealing with their mobile phone company hasn’t been easy, ...

Chiara is an award-winning investigative reporter who specialises in banking and fraud, joining Which? in 2015 following six years as a personal finance journalist at a national newspaper. Unsecured ...

A SIM swap attack is a fraud where scammers hijack your phone number by deceiving mobile carriers. Using your number, you may reset your passwords and receive two-factor authentication (2FA) codes.

The cyberattack that has targeted Marks & Spencer's (M&S) is the latest in a growing wave of cases involving something called sim-swap fraud. While the full technical details remain under ...

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The cyberattack that has targeted Marks and Spencer (M&S) is the latest in a growing wave of cases involving something called sim-swap fraud. While the full technical details remain under ...

MTN has made a major improvement to stop fraudulent SIM swaps and number porting between its mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs), requiring customers to opt in to complete these processes.

Last Saturday, I suddenly lost service on my Three mobile phone and this happened intermittently for the next couple of days. On the Monday, a large amount of money - £3,235 - was withdrawn from my ...