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Originally Posted by 2MuchMark
So today I tossed an old Printer I want to sell on to Craigs List. Within 5 minutes of posting the message I started getting text messages from someone who told me he sent a "Verify Code in your Phone". I told him I didn't get it and he went on about CR scams, told me if I didn't give him the code then he wouldn't buy the printer, blah blah.
Anyway I used the Googlemachine and learned its a scam but I still don't know how it works. What does giving some code received as a text message to a thief actually do?
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He's signup for an account somewhere than needs phone verification, could be Twitter, could be eBay could be anything.
He used your mobile as a place to get the SMS verification code and once you give it to him you'll never hear from him again, but that may not be the last you hear of it - especially if your number has been used for nefarious purposes.