Cyber Crime: Protecting Yourself
As part of our series on online fraud and identity theft, we asked experts for their advice on keeping safe on the web.
Cyber Crime: Victim's young daughter feared hackers would 'come out of the phone to grab her'
A phone seller from Blackburn says his daughter feared hackers would 'come out of the phone to grab her' after his mobile was hijacked.
Munir Ahmed lost thousands of pounds after criminals locked him out of his online account using his phone and spent thousands of pounds. It also gave the hackers access to his email, containing crucial identity documents.
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