CHICAGO (WLS) -- In the SIM swap scam, thieves take control of your phone number, emails, texts and can even wipe out your bank account. It can destroy your credit and compromise your most private ...

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SIM swap fraud, in which a cellular service provider is duped into assigning a mobile phone number to a new SIM card is real and on the increase, according to experts. What's False SIM information ...

In recent months, cybercriminals have been resorting to an old tactic to hijack the phone numbers of unsuspecting victims and use them to make quick buck. Called a SIM swap, the attack has been at the ...

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A man in Florida lost more than $700,000 after being targeted by a SIM swap scam. The FBI has recently warned of such schemes, which involve criminals "impersonating a victim and tricking the mobile ...

US officials charged a man with compromising the official Twitter/X account of the Securities and Exchange Commission for purposes of posting false information that caused the price of bitcoin to ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Your social media and banking apps could be hijacked and your phone shut down and taken over. The Federal Trade Commission tells the I-Team that cases of the SIM swap scam have been ...