
FBI warns of spike in schemes to break into your phone and nab money from your bank account
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Sophisticated scams that hijack your mobile phone and gain access to money accounts are surging, the FBI said in an alert.
A SIM swap is not your average cyber scam but is a sophisticated, multi-stage heist. When a swap occurs, criminals trick the wireless carrier into switching the SIM – a computer chip inside a mobile phone that contains an ID number unique to the phone's subscriber – to the criminal’s SIM.
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