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Learn what to do if you received a notification for your phone number

If you received a SIM Card Change or Phone Number Port Notification that was not initiated by you, an identity thief may be taking over your phone number. Your phone number can then be used to take over accounts using one-time passwords, such as for your email, financial institutions, cryptocurrency, and social media accounts.

If you suspect that your phone number has been taken over by an identity thief, you'll lose phone service on your phone, or may suddenly have your phone switch to "Emergency Calls Only" status.

We recommend that you take immediate action to protect your accounts by doing the following:

  1. Contact your phone carrier (use the links below).
  2. Contact your financial institutions to report this.
  3. File a police report; and
  4. Place a fraud alert on your credit reports.

Contact your carrier by clicking on their site information below:

Alaska GCI

Altice Mobile

Appalachian Wireless

AT&T

Boost Mobile

Bravado Wireless

C Spire

Carolina West Wireless

Cellcom Wisconsin

Chariton

Charter

Chat Mobility

Copper Valley Telecom

Consumer Cellular

Credo Mobile

Cricket

Family Mobile

Illinois Valley Cellular

Inland Cellular

Metro by T-Mobile

Mint Mobile

Nemont

Nex-Tech Wireless

Northwest Missouri Cellular

Panhandle Wireless

Pioneer Wireless

Red Pocket

Simple Mobile

Silver Star Wireless

Sprint, now a part of T-Mobile

Strata

T-Mobile USA

Thumb Cellular

Ting

TracFone/Straight Talk

Triangle Mobile

Truphone

Ultra Mobile

Union Wireless

United Wireless

US Cellular

Verizon Wireless

Viaero

Virgin Mobile USA

Visible

West Central Wireless

Xfinity Mobile

DocID: v137770735
Last modified: 11/03/2025

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