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Thursday, January 9th, 2025 2:09 PM

Xfinity Mobile sent a new sim card to a scammer, who used this sim card to take control of my Father's phone and 2FA SMS

Last Sunday on January 5th, scammers successfully took over my Father's Xfinity Mobile service by apparently placing an order with Xfinity for a brand new sim card to be mailed directly to them.

What happened was, these scammers successfully infiltrated into my Father's primary email account, and them from there, they took over his Xfinity account, his Google account, and various bank accounts.  They even opened up a Coinbase account in his email address and transferred funds from one of his bank accounts.

The scammers successfully had access to 2-factor authentication.  And, I later found out that the scammers put blocks on incoming emails from Comcast, Xfinity, and Xfinity Mobile domains within his primary email account so he would never be alerted to these happenings until they unleashed their "Blitzkrieg" early Sunday.

However, Xfinity support was of very little support.  They recommended that he travel to an Xfinity store over an hour away.  He did, and the staff was relatively unhelpful, as they had to call customer service.  He then called customer service, who told him to travel to an Xfinity store, if you can believe that nonsense.

Apparently they locked his Xfinity Mobile account for 2-weeks, so it can't be used.  When we login to Xfinity Mobile, there is an Apple iPhone listed.  His Samsung Galaxy phone is no longer listed.

So now, he can't access any of his accounts, and has no phone.  Therefore, he can't gain access or reset any passwords because of the lack of ability to receive 2-factor authentication SMS.  Additionally, he can't even gain access to his phone, because without 2FA, he can't reset his Google Password to unlock his phone!

No one seems to be able to help as if this is the "first ever" time something like this has ever happened.  What can he do??  We are at a loss, because it seems like there is a Catch-22 around every corner!

Lastly, why in the heck did Xfinity Mobile ship a sim card to someone whose address does not match any of the addresses on file within his account?  This seems like an enormous security flaw and lack of judgement on the part of Xfinity Mobile.  Shame on you!

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1 month ago

@BlaineBug

 

Thanks for reaching out to us, as a mobile customer myself I would not be happy if someone hacked my account and ordered stuff through Xfinity mobile account.  Since you've reached out to our digital care platform via the Xfinity forms page, we have the tools to assist you with all your residential services, however we are limited when it comes to the mobile side of your account.

 

 So what we recommend is, for  the account holder to  reach out to our awesome mobile agents via https://www.xfinity.com/mobile/support the chat assistant will help direct you to the correct live agent

 

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We called again yesterday.  Can you believe it, that after a 2-week suspension was placed on the Mobile Line back on Sunday, January 5th, the suspension was cancelled on Monday, January 6th?  The XFINITY staff told us they cancelled the request via ONLINE CHAT.  This is inexcusable.  Now it is more difficult for the rightful account owner to regain access to their own account than it is for the scammer to lose control of a stolen account.

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@BlaineBug

 

I do apologize for any inconvenience being that I'm in the residential team I'm not gonna have very much access to the mobile line and being that the mobile lines in your father's name as the account holder that person would need to reach out to the mobile experts for any concerns with the mobile billing or the mobile services

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This website is begging me to "accept solution" when there was none provided.  We had to call xfinity back AGAIN to request a suspension of the line because the HACKERS used an online CHAT and got the first suspension CANCELLED!  My Father is still without his Xfinity phone service nearly two-weeks post hacking, yet he's still paying the bill.  Ridiculous and irresponsible!

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Getting to the bottom of this issue is important to us @BlaineBug. Could you please send our team a direct message with your full name, your father’s full name, and full address? To send a "Direct Message" to Xfinity Support:

 

Click "Sign In" if necessary
Click the "Direct Messaging" icon or https://forums.xfinity.com/direct-messaging
Click the "New message" (pencil and paper) icon
The "To:" line prompts you to "Type the name of a person". Instead, type "Xfinity Support" there
 - As you are typing a drop-down list appears. Select "Xfinity Support" from that list
 - An "Xfinity Support" graphic replaces the "To:" line
Type your message in the text area near the bottom of the window
Press Enter to send it.

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