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112: Dirty Coms

Darknet Diaries

CHAPTER

How to Simswap a Coin Base Account

Thieves can use a flaw in coin base to see how much money someone has on their account before simming them. If you have a valid user emen password and you log in, you'll see whether that user has text message to f a or something like google authenticator. The last two digits of the phone number are enough for these thieves to get the full phone number. But there's a problem if the thief doesn't know the phone number. Sometimes they just don't.

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