03-04-2024 04:12 PM
What measures EE takes to prevent malicious sim swapping when hackers pretend to be customers aiming to breach the 2FA mechanism?
I tried to ask the company directly, but there is no suitable category to ask in writing, only to call or send a letter. I find it strange that you cannot chat with or email a representative. I am a new customer to EE.
29-05-2025 12:20 AM
I have literally just gone through this myself with EE.
There has been 0% accountability at the fact that my info was leaked from store (they knew i was in store looking for an upgrade, and before you say, i was at the back of the room with an elderly couple in store at the time). I have been pushed from pillar to post, was told issue would be resolved after 24 hours, it has been over a week. Also was told that the said scammer passed all security checks afyer failing to answer the password on the account.
How can EE state that they have their customers security and data protection at heart when they also allow things lile this to happen?
I was also garunteed by EE that these people had no access to finacial information, they managed to steal ££££'s.
Got a text to say matter is resolved and i am 3 days late on paying my bill.
There is 0 accountability, no apology, not even a sniffing of peace of mind? No one in the call centres seemed to want to deal with it and was bounced around 3 different people before someone finally decided to help, then was told the person in the fraud department didnt want to soeak to me incase i lost my cool on the phone (understandable when your entire life has been stolen i should think!).
My main question is...how can you say you understand the importance of sim security, when you still cant protect your customers data and privavy properly?
29-05-2025 08:09 AM - edited 29-05-2025 08:17 AM
@Mharvey66 if the scammer passed the security questions I’ll be concerned how they got that information. I’m sure you have to pass 3 security questions so the scammer knows more about you than you think. Scammers usually start with social media to build a profile of you.
Your phone number is linked to your bank account did you call your bank about the possibility of being fleeced because of the number port scam ?
The fraud department are there to try and help you not for you to have a go at them so it’s quite understandable if you were losing it over the phone with the first agent that they didn’t want to speak with you in case you lost it with them. I’ll be livid also but having ago doesn’t help anyone.
29-05-2025 09:26 AM
Hi @Mharvey66,
Welcome to the Community!
I'm so sorry to hear that this has happened, and that you've been left feeling disappointed after reporting this to our team. Yo can always make a complaint with our team and they will be able to work with you to resolve this.
Rach
29-05-2025 09:35 AM
I have only ever been asked 2 questions. The most concerning thing is that it was a EE number that phoned, and they rallied off EE account info as well as personal info, i also have the most obscure answers to those security questions. So the only way i think they would of got into it os if they were asked address and dob which they would of had in front of them. They also managed to bypass all 2fa that i had in place.
All of my Social Media is set to the highest levels of private, so they is no way they can build a picture of me using that.
I contacted the bank who also said that they had put blocks on to the account (clearly this didnt work).
I wasnt getting irate over the phone until the thursday when EE had broken the first Garuntee that they had given me as i was loosing out of work and one of my vunerable relatives was contacted for money, luckily they called my partner to double check.
I am just dissapointed and feel let down by EE that this was able to get as far as it did and not even acknowledge the fact.
29-05-2025 11:42 AM
I do understand your concerns @Mharvey66 however, I can confirm that we will not ask for address and DOB to complete security. I'm not sure how it was that security was completed, but if you speak with the team they will be able to review this call, and see how this has happened.
Our complaints team are the best people to speak with, and will be able to help you get things back on track.
Rach