Man narrates how SIM-card vendor 'attempted to sell his data' to fraudsters | TheCable

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A man identified as Abode on Twitter has narrated how a roadside SIM-card vendor allegedly attempted to sell his data to kidnappers and fraudsters by registering him twice. In a

June 28, 2022 11:27 AM

In a Twitter thread, the man said he had patronised a roadside vendor to get a new SIM card. He said the process went on smoothly until the vendor captured him twice, making him suspicious.The man said immediately the registration was completed, he got a welcome text message indicating he registered two numbers instead of one.“I asked why two numbers registered in my name instead of one, the vendor said ‘it’s normal, that sometimes the issue is from the network operators’,” he wrote.

“Questioning the vendor, he said they usually use people’s details to register other sim cards which they resell to “car trackers” at a higher price.“On further interrogation, he confessed that he uses people’s details to register sim cards which they sell to fraudsters, ritualists, kidnappers and he makes a lot of money from the business.

“I’m putting this out here because a lot of innocent people are in prisons today because of cr!me they know nothing about.

 

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