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How to protect yourself from SIM swapping fraud

Fraudsters have been registering an existing mobile number on a new SIM card that they buy from local shops pretending that they are the original owners. [iStockphoto] 

SIM swap fraud cases have escalated in the recent weeks with hundreds of innocent and unsuspecting victims falling prey if the statistics – both official and unofficial - are anything to go by.

The fraudsters have been registering an existing mobile number on a new SIM card which they buy from local shops pretending that they are the original owners who have lost their SIM cards.

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