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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: Sun, 14 Jul 2024 19:59:49 -0000 (UTC)
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Scott <newsgroups@gefion.myzen.co.uk> wrote:
> On Sat, 13 Jul 2024 15:33:12 +0200, Jörg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net>
> wrote:
> 
>> On 13.07.24 12:58, Java Jive wrote:
>>> https://www.theguardian.com/money/article/2024/jul/13/mobile-banking-fraudsters-accounts-scams-refund-victims
>>> 
>>> "Mobile banking: alarm as fraudsters take over handsets and raid accounts
>> 
>> The article is extremely unspecific how the accounts/mobiles were taken
>> over. Not very helpful.
> 
> Probably not the greatest idea to publicise how to take over a phone. 

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