EXCLUSIVE: 財政／金融 労働者, 24, has $91,000 WIPED from his account after scammers 提起する／ポーズをとるd as him in an online 雑談（する） with Optus to 切り開く／タクシー／不正アクセス his account and 接近 his bank 詳細（に述べる）s

  • Sydney 財政／金融 労働者 had $91,000 wiped from account by an online scammer
  • マイク Harriot* had his 身元 stolen through his Optus Australia phone account
  • The 24-year-old lost his life 貯金 and is furious Optus has skirted the 非難する?
  • The scammer only needed to know his 指名する and birthday to steal all his money?

By April Glover For Daily Mail Australia

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A man has been left penniless and desperate for answers after a sophisticated scammer drained his bank account of his life 貯金 in a bizarre online 切り開く／タクシー／不正アクセスing 計画／陰謀.?

マイク Harriot*, a 財政／金融 労働者 from Sydney, was sent an unusual text message from his phone provider Optus which he quickly 小衝突d off as a simple error.

But that seemingly insignificant message was the final step in the 過程 of hackers transferring $91,000 of his hard-earned life 貯金 into an unknown bank account.

Mike Harriot*, a finance worker from Sydney, was sent an unusual text message from his phone provider Optus which he quickly brushed off as a simple error

マイク Harriot*, a 財政／金融 労働者 from Sydney, was sent an unusual text message from his phone provider Optus which he quickly 小衝突d off as a simple error

Australian phone provider Optus (pictured) sent the 25-year-old a message which he was later told to ignore?

Australian phone provider Optus (pictured) sent the 25-year-old a message which he was later told to ignore?

Mr Harriot, 24, told Daily Mail Australia the mysterious text was finalising an order to 移転 his phone number to a different 装置, along with all of his personal banking （警察などへの）密告，告訴（状）.

Realising his personal 詳細（に述べる）s had been 妥協d, Mr Harriot quickly logged on to his 動きやすい banking app only to discover his account balance was $0, and there were 多重の foreign credit card 処理／取引s.

After 猛烈に trying to 接触する Optus to 回復する his stolen 基金s, he realised the scammer had 首尾よく duped online support staff into believing they were speaking to Mr Harriot 簡単に by knowing his 十分な 指名する and date of birth.

When 試みる／企てるing to 解決する the 問題／発行する in-蓄える／店, Mr Harriot noticed strange online 雑談（する） conversations between Optus staff and someone 提起する／ポーズをとるing as him.

'She opened up my profile on her computer, and luckily I was sitting in 前線 of it because I noticed a 一連の 雑談（する） スピードを出す／記録につけるs at times and dates which I did not recognise,' he said.

When attempting to resolve the issue in-store, Mr Harriot noticed strange online chat conversations between Optus staff and someone posing as him (Pictured)

When 試みる／企てるing to 解決する the 問題／発行する in-蓄える／店, Mr Harriot noticed strange online 雑談（する） conversations between Optus staff and someone 提起する／ポーズをとるing as him (Pictured)

The scammer had Mr Harriot's birth date and full name and used the information to change his number to a different device?

The scammer had Mr Harriot's birth date and 十分な 指名する and used the （警察などへの）密告，告訴（状） to change his number to a different 装置?

Mr Harriot said the scammer only needed to know two important 詳細（に述べる）s - his 指名する and birthday - ーするために have 十分な 接近 to his Optus account.?

He expla ined he is shocked and angry a 国家の phone company could be so quickly fooled.

'If knowing those two minor 詳細（に述べる）s is enough to 伸び（る） 接近 to a 顧客's entire profile, what is the point of your 安全 team and why should I have 信用／信任 in your company?' he asked.?

Weeks に引き続いて the 身元 窃盗, Mr Harriot is still looking for answers.

にもかかわらず constant 成果／努力s to 接触する Optus and after 報告（する）／憶測ing the 出来事/事件 to the police, the scammers have not yet been identified or 起訴するd.

'I feel alone, worried and 攻撃を受けやすい. The consequences of this now are 抱擁する for me. This means my hard work and 貯金 for my entire working life (and earlier as my parents 始める，決める up my account when I was born) ? is now gone,' he said.?

'I'm 24, I was saving to buy a 所有物／資産／財産 this year, and was meant to be seeing a 所有物／資産／財産 助言者 this week. This is now not possible.?I am 極端に diligent and careful with my money, and to have such a 消極的な 影響 on my ability to 結局 接近 credit from 貸す人s, is 完全に out of my 手渡すs.

Despite constant efforts to contact Optus and after reporting the incident to the police, the scammers have not yet been identified or prosecuted (Pictured is the conversation between Optus online and the real Mr Harriot)

にもかかわらず constant 成果／努力s to 接触する Optus and after 報告（する）／憶測ing the 出来事/事件 to the police, the scammers have not yet been identified or 起訴するd (Pictured is the conversation between Optus online and the real Mr Harriot)

Mr Harriot said the scammer only needed to know two important details - his name and birthday - in order to have full access to his Optus account (Stock photo picture)

Mr Harriot said the scammer only needed to know two important 詳細（に述べる）s - his 指名する and birthday - ーするために have 十分な 接近 to his Optus account (在庫／株 photo picture)

'I was in the middle of 調書をとる／予約するing an overseas trip which I can no longer 完全にする. My salary from work won't be able to be paid to me while my banking profile is 妥協d, so I am living off nothing.'

< p class="mol-para-with-font">Daily Mail Australia 接触するd Optus Australia and a spokesperson 問題／発行するd the に引き続いて 声明: 'The 保護 of 顧客s' （警察などへの）密告，告訴（状） is a 批判的な 優先 for Optus and we apologise for our 顧客's experience.'

'When communicating with our online 雑談（する） team, Optus 顧客s must 完全にする an 身元 check which 要求するs a 範囲 of personal （警察などへの）密告，告訴（状） to make some changes to their Optus account. However, 確かな changes cannot be made through online 雑談（する）, this 含むs SIM 交換（する）s. It is also important to 公式文書，認める that Optus does not have 接近 to 顧客s' banking 詳細（に述べる）s.

'In this unfortunate 事例／患者 it appears that the 悪党／犯人 had 十分な （警察などへの）密告，告訴（状） to pass our 立証 手続きs and make changes to the 顧客's account through other channels.'?

Mr Harriot has since been reimbursed his $91,000 貯金 - but not yet his credit card 処理／取引s - after 報告（する）／憶測ing the 問題／発行する to the 連邦／共和国 Bank.

連邦／共和国 Bank is still 調査／捜査するing the 問題／発行する. ?

*指名するs have been changed. ?