Court prevents SIM swap victim from suing his carrier over $60K crypto theft

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Court prevents SIM swap victim from suing his carrier over $60K crypto theft
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We've been hearing more and more about SIM swaps and how they can wipe out your financial accounts in a heartbeat. Sepehr Tahmasebpour was a customer of Canadian wireless firm Freedom Mobile and he was about to learn that scams like SIM swaps can cross the border very easily. Tahmasebpour claims that Freedom Mobile turned over a new SIM card to someone who was impersonating his father who is actually the person responsible for paying the invoice each month.

And make no mistake about it, the judge did believe that the wireless provider did not go out of its way to point out the arbitration clause before the incident took place."Nevertheless, the evidence that I do have on this application does not persuade me that Freedom Mobile specifically drew either plaintiff's attention to the arbitration clause at any time," said the judge.Here's exactly how the SIM swap went down according to Sepehr Tahmasebpour.

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