Andrew Ryder's rainy-day bank account was drained in just one day. It happened via phone porting and SIM-swap fraud, but the veteran has no idea how scammers had his data in the first place.
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Andrew Ryder's rainy-day bank account was drained in just one day. It happened via phone porting and SIM-swap fraud, but the veteran has no idea how scammers had his data in the first place.
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You've probably noticed scammers love sending text messages. Text messages were used to steal $26.9 million from Australians last year. So what are phone companies doing about it?
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The US and UK are using a technology called SHAKEN-STIRRED that would dramatically reduce scam calls. Why aren’t we using it? It doesn’t work on landline phones.
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The so-called iPhone giveaways marketed by Verizon, T-Mobile and AT&T can make customers spend more on perks they don’t need.
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Claire Harrison says she's still recovering from losing her identity and tens of thousands of dollars by mobile porting fraud, where scammers port your mobile number to another device.
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Jennifer DeStefano's phone rang in January with a terrifying call from her sobbing 15-year-old daughter, saying she'd been kidnapped. But as a relieved DeStefano soon learned, her daughter was safe and the call was a scam.
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The FBI is warning consumers against using public phone charging stations in order to avoid exposing their devices to malicious software.
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While many apps collect vast troves of user data, sometimes without explicit consent, experts say Chinese e-commerce giant Pinduoduo has taken violations of privacy and data security to the next level.
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You should consider that any devices you dispose of could be accessed by strangers.
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Communications industry peak body and watchdog sees telcos block more than 549m scam calls since inception of code
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While the Do Not Call Register is great at reducing unwanted telemarketing, it doesn't stop scammers.
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SIMProtect is a funded project to help Australians' learn about and protect themselves from identity crimes such as sim hijacking, illegal phone porting, SIM card fraud and other scams.
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Criminals impersonated Stefan to steal his phone number. It nearly cost him $20,000.
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Phone fraud, both via calls and text messages, has soared during the pandemic.
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A text message scam telling people they have an unopened voicemail has racked up hundreds of complaints to the consumer watchdog in just over a week.
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It starts with a text about a fee for a parcel … and can end with criminals emptying your bank account. Victims and experts explain how to avoid it
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Every year, tens of millions of Americans collectively lose billions of dollars to scam callers. Where does the other end of the line lead?
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'If something seems to be unusual or completely out of the blue, then you should hang up. '
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For $15 to $40, you can easily take your phone to a foreign country and enjoy access to apps, maps and the web. But it takes a lot of steps, hence this travel guide.
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An Arkansas-based firm predicts an explosion of spam calls, marking a leap from 3.7 percentage of total calls in 2017 to a projected 44.6 percentage by early 2019.
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The volume of automated phone calls has skyrocketed this year over last, according to a service that tracks them, and complaints have also risen sharply.
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Police have warned Kiwis of a scam telling people they are under IRD investigation.
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Know anyone from Ascension Island? The ACCC says returning calls from suspicious overseas numbers could cost you.
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The Tauranga victim of a scam involving a $6000 tax refund windfall says she is speaking out to warn others to be wary of offers which are clearly too good to be true. - New Zealand Herald