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Krebs on Security |
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8352 |
Date de publication |
2016-08-24 00:56:53 (vue: 2016-08-24 00:56:53) |
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A Life or Death Case of Identity Theft? |
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Identity thieves have perfected a scam in which they impersonate existing customers at retail mobile phone stores, pay a small cash deposit on pricey new phones, and then charge the rest to the victim's account. In most cases, switching on the new phones causes the victim account owner's phone(s) to go dead. This is the story of a Pennsylvania man who allegedly died of a heart attack because his wife's phone was switched off by ID thieves and she was temporarily unable to call for help. |
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