If someone keeps phoning then putting down the phone before you can answer, or you keep receiving calls with nobody on the other side, assume you are being scammed, and rather put your phone on silent while watching out for SMSes. The idea behind constantly ringing your number is to make you turn off your phone – so that you won't receive porting notifications, and won't notice you have suddenly been kicked off the network. Some victims of porting say they were bombarded by annoying phone calls before their numbers were hijacked. If you are worried that message might be a scam in itself, phone your network provider on the usual service number.ĭon't turn off your phone if you're getting annoying calls. If you receive an SMS that warns your number is to be ported, do not ignore it. Should a 'friend' ask for money shortly after their security code changes, be extremely suspicious.Ĭellphone companies will send out notification, by SMS, before porting a number – but will consider no response as permission. If you are one of those people, turn those notifications back on by going to 'settings', then selecting 'account', and from there 'security'. For those in many big WhatsApp groups – with people who like to switch phones – the constant messages that a contact's 'security code has changed' can becoming annoying, so some people turn it off. WhatsApp will alert you when a contact changes their phones – if you let it. See also: If you joined a ‘WhatsApp stokvel’ you’ve probably been scammedĪs of Wednesday it was not yet clear how widespread the new scam was, with network operators saying they were detecting only a small number of fraudulent attempts to port numbers – while many people said they were receiving worrying notifications, or had already seen their friends approached for money. Friends of victims are asked to send money via services such as First National Bank's eWallet, which sends the code required to withdraw money from an ATM via SMS – with the cash immediately available. In the current wave of scams, the attackers do not need such access. Number porting has in the past often been used to intercept one-time PIN (OTP) numbers – but that requirers scammers to have control of bank accounts, either by skimming credit card information or stealing login details for online banking. b3KnPcYluL- Nkgono Neria January 4, 2020 And they port numbers to My number was ported to mtn by the hacker.

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