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Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2025 15:35:38 +0000
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On 07/03/2025 14:38, Newyana2 wrote:
> On 3/7/2025 8:24 AM, Java Jive wrote:
> 
>> It seems very likely that I was correct.  Rereading the original BBC 
>> report, there is a single sentence which most of us seem to have missed 
>> on first reading ...
>>
>> "O2 Virgin Media confirmed the scammer telephoned its call centre 
>> requesting a new Sim and had hacked Stephen's emails."
>>
> 
>    It's confusing, but that seems to be backward. The scammer
> called the phone company, giving email and name to get the
> cellphone number, then initiated a SIM swap. That, then, gave him
> the means to change the passwords.

  No, the scammer called EDF to get the mobile phone number.