SIM Swapping EXPLAINED (+ how YOU can easily avoid it)

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Video Timestamps
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0:00 - Introduction
1:19 - What is SIM Swapping?
3:19 - Why Should You Care About SIM Swaps?
4:09 - How to Avoid SIM Swapping?
4:21 - Tip #1: Don't Use SMS text for 2FA
5:21 - Tip #2: Call Your Mobile Phone Provider
6:06 - Bonus Tip: Build Extra Mobile Security with Efani
7:49 - Tip #3: Set a PIN for your SIM Card
8:02 - Tip #4: Don't Give Real Answers
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SIM swap scams are on the rise, so it's best you know about it before you become the next victim. In this video, Josh walks us through what SIM swapping is, how it works, and how you prevent it from happening to you.

#simswapping #simswapscams #cybersecurity

[DavidBrackett]

Here’s a stupid question…why don’t Carriers call the actual number before allowing a sim swap?

[vincenttiene]

Don't save/remember User Name or Login ID on an app. Another thing that a scammer would have to guess.

[MichiganUSASingaporeSEAsia]

He never showed visually how this scam

[RhNegA-]

What a lot of people do not understand is that the phone number they use is not theirs, you do not own your phone number, your provider owns it. Not you. Second, use an authenticator app for mfa.
There are plenty out there you can use.
Here (the Netherlands) you have to go to a store physically if you want you sim to be swapped and they will only do it if you bring your ID (Passport, Driver license) card to identify yourself.

Thanks for your attention,
Rik

[dixiecho]

Sue the phone company with class action suit for billion dollar, they will take care of this problem right away. Lawyers, this is a sure winning case.

Many (most or all?) banks won't allow you to remove your phone number from 2FA or password reset options. This is a problem.

[Khan_Ustad]

Good information 👍
In Pakistan, even if I give my sim to some scammers myself they can't do anything bad to me. In case they spoof me somehow, for cell carriers to issue them a replacement sim card, they will ask a number of personal info plus a biometric verification (one thumb and and a fingerprint of other hand at least). As for my bank account, it is also set on a fingerprint sign-in method 😊

[davearnold]

MANY online accounts even when they offer authenticator app support STILL also require a SMS text option. T-Mobile, my bank, Yahoo email. REQUIRE IT!

[repriser]

You forgot to explain where is the first factor? Except just try to sell Efani service. You are assuming first factor is already lost or stolen.

[wearesolarfarmers]

Update, newer things AT&T has added, is using your drivers License or state ID to confirm identity.

[dhprofit]

Two step means just that…two steps. Keep your passwords secure.

[KeroZimerman]

1:55 How is this hard to detect? If my SIM gets disconnected from my carrier, then the notification in the top left of my phone changes. I look at my phone multiple times a day. I’m confident I’d notice this immediately.

[AngelaDubs-nwcj]

Well seems this address is actually 1015 and my sims cards are going somewhere else bc the traffickers want me quiet. They are doing this with my new cell phone also. I'm not stupid this was all organized against me

[auntienonimous]

This is totally the fault of the phone companies and they should be held liable for the loses due to their lack of security in these instances.

[charleshines]

What they need to do is force you to visit one of the stores with some sort of government issued photo ID (this would mean no credit cards can be used as ID). The whole idea is to do it in person rather than taking your word that the account is yours. Too many things are done over the phone or internet rather than in person. It is only for convenience. It is time to give up some of that convenience in exchange for security. Too many people want convenience but they don't realize what they get in exchange.

[xupac]

how about requiring customers come to a phone store and show their physical ID? if they can’t there is always video conference.

[demonothers]

Your phone service carrier should be held liable for poor employee training if sim swap happens to you.

[conchobar]

More proof that regardless of how vigilant you are with cyber security, the large corporations we commerce with are the weakest link.

[AlessandroBottoni]

In Italy, where I live and work, you have to present the phone company operator a police statement (theft, lost SIM, etc.) and an identity document (Passport, Identity Card, etc.) in order to get a new SIM. It has always been so. The European Union has recently released a series of rules to phone companies in order to fight SIM swapping and others types of scam. Transfering the phone number to a new operator is equally protected. For example, a phone call or a SMS is sent to the existing SIM in order to notify the user before moving the number to the new SIM.

[VV-wmop]

The phone companies should be held accountable