Claim: Cellphone users are being increasingly targeted by a "SIM swap fraud," in which their phones will briefly stop working before they receive a call tricking them into surrendering their information.
Fact-check: Are Mobile Phone Users Vulnerable to 'SIM Swap' Fraud Through Phone Calls?
Verdict: Mixture
Organisation: Snopes
Author: Arturo Garcia
Date published: 2019-01-04T15:21:00