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AT&T Launches Account Lock to Combat SIM Swapping Scams
Wednesday July 2, 2025. 12:44 AM , from MacRumors
![]() Account Lock will protect AT&T users from SIM swapping, a technique that scammers employ to gain control of a smartphone user's phone number, and by extension, two-factor verification codes sent to that number. With SIM swapping, an attacker calls the carrier's support staff, pretends to be the smartphone user, and asks for a number transfer. Postpaid AT&T customers can activate Wireless Account Lock from the myAT&T app. Locked features will not be accessible until the Wireless Account Lock is disabled in the app, requiring physical control for access. Here's what Account Lock prevents: Upgrading a device Changing a SIM card or eSIM Initiating a phone number transfer Adding a new line Changing billing information Changing authorized users Changing phone numbers There are also account locking features for enterprise customers and prepaid AT&T users. AT&T says that it will never call or text subscribers to ask them to turn off the Wireless Account Lock feature.This article, "AT&T Launches Account Lock to Combat SIM Swapping Scams" first appeared on MacRumors.comDiscuss this article in our forums
https://www.macrumors.com/2025/07/01/account-lock-sim-swapping/
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