Locking your mobile number - PSA
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We have our mobile phone service through Xfinity; they are an MVNO on the Verizon network. Got an email about locking our phone numbers so that a scammer can't port the number to another phone. I've heard about this happening to people, where one day their phone doesn't work and it's because someone has ported it elsewhere and has access to their phone.
This is Xfinity-specific, but I'm guessing that other mobile phone services also do it:
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We have our mobile phone service through Xfinity; they are an MVNO on the Verizon network. Got an email about locking our phone numbers so that a scammer can't port the number to another phone. I've heard about this happening to people, where one day their phone doesn't work and it's because someone has ported it elsewhere and has access to their phone.
This is Xfinity-specific, but I'm guessing that other mobile phone services also do it:
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