Claire Harrison says she's still recovering from losing her identity and tens of thousands of dollars by mobile porting fraud, where scammers port your mobile number to another device.
Mr Lowe said there were some precautionary measures people could take, like taking their birthday off Facebook and limiting sharing of their personal mobile phone number.
“Don’t put your physical address on things when you’re buying things online, get a PO box,” Mr Lowe recommended.
"When you’re going to a website and entering your information, stop and think, ‘What happens when this information gets leaked?’
One more thing you can do is, when given the option by a site or service, choose one-time passwords (OTP) for two-factor authentication instead of SMS.
That’s frightening.
One more thing you can do is, when given the option by a site or service, choose one-time passwords (OTP) for two-factor authentication instead of SMS.