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Fraudulent activity by a TMobile employee switching my SIM # to a new device to steal funds
Hello, Sorry for the long post to follow. Here is what happened to me recently. On Sunday 1/19/2020 around 2:30pm, I noticed that I lost T-Mobile network connection. Everybody around me, in...
Gosh, that's a nightmare of a situation especially considering you may not be able to get those funds back from coinbase. I know that with every day passing you need more answers. Unfortunately, this is a situation that only our fraud team can handle. I hate to repeat the same info you've been given multiple times, but we have to allow the fraud department to research what exactly happened which will determine the outcome.
dragon1562 is trying to keep up the discussion, via the link posted below.. There’s several different threads regarding SIM swap attacks.. I feel it’s kind of clear that scammers are either taking advantage of the pandemic or taking the risks because of it.
https://community.t-mobile.com/accounts-services-4/sim-swap-vulnerabilities-2fa-risks-31971
I'm thinking of starting a kind of survey where users could share their experiences and perhaps see if there's a bigger picture or more common denominators. I'm a web developer so form applications and charts are my thing.
