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Eva888

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#324701 15-May-2026 09:30
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This is alarming

 

**When the One NZ agent tried to call Wang back shortly afterwards, they were unable to reach him as his number had been transferred to another SIM card, it said.

 

"Our investigation indicates that the individuals responsible had access to a significant amount of your personal information," it said.

 

"This included your full name, credit card details (including expiry date) and the email address used when registering the Kogan SIM.

 

"At this stage, we are not able to determine how this information was originally obtained."

 

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/chinese/595215/sim-swapping-fraud-warning-after-mobile-number-hijacked-in-minutes-20k-lost


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  #3491201 15-May-2026 12:45
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Read that article yesterday, sounds like a targetted social engineering attack (coupled with wallet theft) or a compromised system. ANZ used to print customer numbers on EFTpos cards, so plausible way of obtaining that info, drivers license/etc will give away full names and so on. The rest just depends on exactly what is already public (or predictable).




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  #3491203 15-May-2026 12:54
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My ANZ debit card has customer number on the back.





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