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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: Sat, 13 Jul 2024 14:42:31 +0100
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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