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From: Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com>
Newsgroups: uk.telecom.mobile,comp.mobile.android
Subject: Re: Mobile banking: alarm as fraudsters take over handsets
 and raid accounts
Date: Sat, 13 Jul 2024 18:40:10 -0000 (UTC)
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Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> wrote:
> Jörg Lorenz wrote:
> 
>> The article is extremely unspecific how the accounts/mobiles were taken
>> over. Not very helpful.
> 
> Snatch the unlocked phone from the user's hands.  Bonus points if they 
> can trick the owner into unlocking it, and then snatching it

That's not what the article is about. 

I do agree with Jörg that I didn't follow what the article is describing.
The only common thread seems to be O2 but I've no idea what it is, if
anything, they're being accused of.