"simjacking" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: Blend of SIM + hijacking Etymology templates: {{blend|en|SIM|hijacking}} Blend of SIM + hijacking Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} simjacking (uncountable)
  1. A social engineering technique in which a person poses as the owner of a mobile phone number and convinces the provider to transfer it to a new SIM (Subscriber Identity Module) owned by the fraudster. Wikipedia link: SIM swap scam Tags: uncountable Synonyms: SIM-jacking
    Sense id: en-simjacking-en-noun-1s6il6Dv Categories (other): English blends, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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