{"id":958849,"date":"2025-09-02T12:14:33","date_gmt":"2025-09-02T06:44:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/?p=958849"},"modified":"2025-09-02T12:14:33","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T06:44:33","slug":"esim-scam-in-india-how-phone-numbers-get-hijacked-and-how-to-stay-safe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/2025\/09\/02\/esim-scam-in-india-how-phone-numbers-get-hijacked-and-how-to-stay-safe\/","title":{"rendered":"eSIM scam in India: How phone numbers get hijacked; And how to stay safe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cybercriminals in India are now exploiting eSIMs, digital SIMs stored on your phone, to hijack phone numbers and drain bank accounts within minutes. A recent case saw a victim lose \u20b94 lakh after scammers took control of their number and intercepted OTPs.<\/p>\n<p>How the scam unfolds<\/p>\n<p>It begins with a convincing call or SMS claiming to be from your mobile provider. Scammers then send a fake eSIM activation link, usually via SMS or email.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cybercriminals in India are now exploiting eSIMs, digital SIMs stored on your phone, to hijack phone numbers and drain bank accounts within minutes. A recent case saw a victim lose \u20b94 lakh after scammers took control of their number and intercepted OTPs. How the scam unfolds It begins with a convincing call or SMS claiming to be from your mobile provider. Scammers then send a fake eSIM activation link, usually via SMS or email.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,51,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-958849","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hindustantimes","category-it-2-hindustantimes","category-newspapers"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/958849","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=958849"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/958849\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=958849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=958849"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=958849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}