posted Sat, 07/16/2022 - 21:21
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+ 1 Sim Swap - My Cell Phone Was Hacked
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This ever happen to anyone? Woke up yesterday morning and noticed I had a lot of texts from Coinbase with a verification code. Then noticed I had no cell service. Turns out someone did a “sim swap” and took over my phone #. Verizon let them change my iPhone 13 to an iPhone 6, they hacked my email and Coinbase account and got $1,800. Took a few hours to get everything sorted but damage could have been a lot worse. Also, I put in a fraud claim with my bank and should get the money back Monday.
They weren’t actually able to access my phone or apps just my phone # for about 30 min until I sorted it.
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Wtf. That is crazy. Nothing safe anymore
You plan on filing it in? They could look at transaction ids, triangulate the phone, zoom/enhance and shit, no?
Filing a report? Nah. Looks like I going to get my $ back and wouldn’t want anyone poking around my phone or questioning my transactions. No idea why the hacker went easy on me. My limits are a lot higher.
RustyhookerWow thats wild! I thought iphone was bullettproof against threats
Is this something specific to iPhones that allows them to do this? I can't even get my head around what they did lol
My bad...thought you said John Hacke..
Good one! LOL
I reckon Andy Huang must be feeding him something special now he's moved in with him lol Its ever since he began training with that guy that he has ballooned in size and strength.
Yea I thought you'd like that one
I don’t think it’s iPhone specific. I believe they somehow convinced Verizon customer service to transfer my number to a different phone or gained access to my online Verizon account and did it themselves. Once they do that, they can change passwords on other accounts. Of course Verizon plays dumb and says they don’t know what happened.
I see what you are saying now - yes because nowadays a lot of accounts become verified by the company sending a text to the original cell phone number provided so then they can request password resets using a different handset but the same number. Yes you would think they need a lot of personal info to do that but then if they play dumb and just say they lost the old phone then what can Verizon really do? Scary stuff
I hear about this sort of thing all the time happening when you log onto some back ally wifi. I travel with work do have to avoid stuff like that
Byanymeans78Dude I had a similar thing happen lucky for me the accounts they tried to hit were at 0 lmao... idk how they even got into it though. Yours sounds fucking wild though