Scammers can now 削減（する） off your phone and drain your bank in just MINUTES as 専門家s 明らかにする／漏らす Australians have been fleeced out of more than $10 million in いっそう少なく than a year

  • Scammers are 偉業／利用するing 動きやすい 網状組織 number ports to steal from Australians
  • Fraudsters port a 的's number to sim card they own then use it as 立証
  • 専門家s say $10 million has been 搾取するd from Australians in the last 12 months

By BRETT LACKEY FOR DAILY MAIL AUSTRALIA

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Scammers are 偉業／利用するing 動きやすい phone 網状組織 providers to steal from Australians ? and it can happen in minutes.

The scam 伴う／関わるs porting 動きやすい phone numbers to a new sim card, owned by the fraudsters, which they can then use as a form of 身元確認，身分証明.

Lisa Johnston told 9News of her experience with the scam, 説 that she answered a nondescript phone call which すぐに hung up.

Lisa Johnston told of her experience with the scam, saying that she answered a nondescript phone call which immediately hung up and later the scammers withdrew $1000

Lisa Johnston told of her experience with the scam, 説 that she answered a nondescript phone call which すぐに hung up and later the scammers withdrew $1000

Once your mobile phone number has been allocated to someone else they can then use it as a form of identity verification to confirm things such as bank transfers

Once your 動きやすい phone number has been 配分するd to someone else they can then use it as a form of 身元 立証 to 確認する things such as bank 移転s

Later that night Lisa got a text from Optus 説 a request had been placed to port her number, followed 30 seconds later by a 確定／確認 text from Vodafone 確認するing the request had been 完全にするd.

When she tried calling Optus, her service was not active then, 15 minutes later, she received a notification that $1000 had been 孤立した from her bank account.

Porting a number 要求するs only basic 詳細（に述べる）s such as a 指名する, 演説（する）／住所, and date of birth, which the scammers can acquire, along with bank account numbers, either by 切り開く／タクシー／不正アクセスing methods or stealing your mail.

Once your 動きやすい phone number has been 配分するd to someone else they can then use it as a form of 身元 立証 to 確認する things such as bank 移転s.

By 法律 網状組織 providers are 要求するd to fulfil a request to port a 動きやすい phone number to new 運送／保菌者 within three hours.

探偵，刑事 長，指導者 視察官 Matt （手先の）技術 told 9News t hat the scam has costs Australians $10 million in the last year and that the timeframe for number ports to 完全にする should be 延長するd.

'There needs to be time for a 顧客 to 答える／応じる and 答える／応じる 適切な,' he said.???

Detective Chief Inspector Matt Craft said that the scam has costs Australians $10 million in the last year and that the time frame for number ports to complete should be extended

探偵，刑事 長，指導者 視察官 Matt （手先の）技術 said that the scam has costs Australians $10 million in the last year and that the time でっちあげる，人を罪に陥れる for number ports to 完全にする should be 延長するd

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