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06-04-2019, 08:30 AM
SIM swap fraud is on the rise in Spain, experts warn (https://elpais.com/elpais/2019/06/04/inenglish/1559634688_625364.html) EL PAISWhen Mario Fernández’s cell phone signal failed, he came out with the familiar “Bloody technology!” He switched it off, then back on again, but to no avail. When he got home, he called his operator from a different phone to explain the situation. “They told me that I had asked for a duplicate of my SIM card in another city,” says Fernández, who asked to use an assumed name. “And I told them that wasn’t the case.” Suddenly alarm bells went off in his head and he checked his bank account, only to find it was blocked. He got in touch with his bank, which confirmed his account had been frozen a...
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