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From: Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk>
Newsgroups: uk.telecom.mobile,comp.mobile.android
Subject: Re: Mobile banking: alarm as fraudsters take over handsets and raid
 accounts
Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2024 00:02:26 +0100
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Tweed wrote:

> It’s usually a sim swap fraud. Somehow convince the mobile operator to port
> the number to another mobile operator where the new sim is in the
> possession of the fraudster.

Whenever I've requested porting my number to a different operator, I've 
received texts giving 24 or more hours notice to port.

Which operators *don't* operate such a safeguard?