ID theft scam against AT&T, T-Mobile & Asurion (fwd)

[lyger <lyger () attrition org>]

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From: Henry Brown <hbrown () knology net>
To: dataloss-discuss datalossdb.org <dataloss-discuss () datalossdb org>
Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2009 07:59:53 -0500
Subject: [Dataloss-discuss] ID theft scam against AT&T, T-Mobile & Asurion

Eight Indicted For $22M Identity Theft Scam Against AT&T, T-Mobile

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According to the indictment, between February 2005 and July 2009, Beizem
-- an owner of Got Wireless (aka USA Wireless), a former authorized AT&T
and T-Mobile dealer that operated in Brooklyn -- obtained dealer access
codes for AT&T's and T-Mobile's online customer databases. Stewart, the
owner of KP Wireless -- an authorized T-Mobile wireless device dealer
operating in West Palm Beach, Florida -- also obtained dealer access
codes for T-Mobile's customer database.

Using these access codes, Beizem, Stewart, and Montayne, and others,
allegedly obtained existing customer information from the customer
databases, including customers' names, addresses, and personal
identifying information, the indictment says. Montayne, and others, then
fraudulently assumed the identities of existing customers and obtained
new wireless devices without payment and without the customers' permission.

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