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Vodafone - fraud

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Dippee · 01/01/2026 16:58

Has anyone been in a similar situation with Vodafone?

Someone somehow accessed my account and added a different email address. I received a text saying my account had been updated, followed by another text showing the new email. I called Vodafone straight away and it’s now with their fraud team for investigation.

The only thing they could tell me was that normally a security code is needed to access the account, but in this case the person was able to get in without that code.

I don’t log in anywhere else apart from on my iPhone and haven’t shared my details. It’s been about two hours and I’m currently locked out of my Vodafone account. I have a pay as you go number, a monthly SIM and broadband all on the same account.

Just wondering how long this usually takes to resolve and if anyone else has experienced this?

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ClawClip1 · 01/01/2026 16:59

Internal fraud in these companies is not uncommon. O2 are also awful for it

RescueMeFromThisSilliness · 01/01/2026 17:02

Maybe they have had some sort of data breach/hack.

Dippee · 01/01/2026 17:07

@ClawClip1 @RescueMeFromThisSilliness thank you for the replies. I quickly managed to add my email again and changed the password but it is worrying how they got into my account.

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