On the Exploitation of Online SMS Receiving Services to Forge ID Verification
Mohammad Hajian Berenjestanaki, Mauro Conti, Ankit Gangwal · 2019
Communication service providers (e.g., Whatsapp) enable users to connect with people around the world. These services have been widely adopted and used by millions of users, and such services have emerged as a replacement of the transitional calling and messaging. Unfortunately, these communication services have also been used to commit illegal activities and serious crimes. Therefore, service providers ask for user's phone/mobile number to verify the user's identity and to prevent misuses.