A new scam alert from Australia’s communications regulator and Scamwatch warns about a growing risk: mobile fraud that can take over your phone number.
As more services rely on phone numbers for security, scammers are targeting this single point of access. It’s faster than hacking individual accounts, and often harder to detect until it’s too late.
Anyone with a mobile phone can be targeted, especially if their data has been exposed in a breach, passwords are reused, or email security is weak.