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Two clicks from being scammed out of £2,000 yesterday


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21 minutes ago, Demitri_C said:

What i want to know is how do they get peoples numbers for these scams 

Online retailers sell them (and email addresses) in bulk to scammers.

Also when big businesses get hacked, this is the kind of data they steal.

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11 hours ago, Demitri_C said:

What i want to know is how do they get peoples numbers for these scams 

Your personal details (name, email, phone number etc) have probably been involved in multiple data breaches and are freely available on the dark web. Hackers can then merge these databases together to try and build larger pictures of people. 

Try inputting your email address or most regularly used passwords on this site and it'll show your vulnerabilities. 

https://haveibeenpwned.com/

Alternatively, several antivirus tools perform this function too. 

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