Bank scammers using genuine push notifications to trick their victims

Re:Bank scammers using genuine push notifications to trick t... by HnUser12 on Friday May 03, 2024 @10:08AM (#40247839)

I assume they do this to make sure the number hasn't changed/being answered by someone else?

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Re:Bank scammers using genuine push notifications to trick t... by jorgemendes on Friday May 03, 2024 @11:40AM (#40248943)

Yes, the client could be a "sim swap" victim, and in that case you would be talking to an attacker. So the identity validation can be useful in that case.

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