Sim fraud: how scammers can steal your Sim card and hack your bank accounts - Which?

Watch our video to find out how criminals are using Sim fraud to hack your bank accounts, including an interview with one victim who nearly lost around £9,000.

Reports to Action Fraud of a scam known as ‘Sim-swap fraud’, where a criminal tricks your mobile network into transferring your phone number to a Sim card in their possession, have rocketed by 400% since 2015. For more advice on how to protect yourself, visit https://www.which.co.uk/news/2020/04/sim-swap-fraud-how-criminals-hijack-your-number-to-get-into-your-bank-accounts/

0:00 Intro
0:15 Sim swap fraud
1:10 How criminals access your information
2:19 How to protect yourself

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