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Assuming you haven't done anything else my guess will be something like having an IP/phone number that has been blacklisted because of a prior owner, having you
by Tenoke 5y ago
Assuming you haven't done anything else my guess will be something like having an IP/phone number that has been blacklisted because of a prior owner, having your personal details used by a scammer (e.g. if you've had your ID lost and then returned), you accidentally share the details with a scammer or something in that vein.
- dcminter 5y agoI think this is likely the issue. If so you are not being given a reason because when you are rejected by certain kinds of compliance rules (e.g. anti money laundering) it is illegal (in many jurisdictions) for them to tell you that.
- kube-system 5y agoFew providers will tell you why you are blocked even if it is legal to do so, because that effectively constitutes evasion instructions for scammers.
- dcminter 5y agoFidelity is the one that stands out to me though. They'll have compliance obligations to answer some kinds of questions and not others (again, details depending on jurisdiction). And they'll mostly be worried about different kinds of scams from those that concern Twitter and Instagram.
- lopkeny12ko 5y agoThis is good insight. As another commenter pointed out the common thing among all of these accounts is that I've supplied my mobile number. Any way to check if my phone number is in some kind of shared spam/scam database?
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- IMSAI8080 5y agoTried just simply googling it (use several variations of the number format)? There's many online databases of bad phone numbers which usually all show up on regular search engines with a separate page for each number. I usually add the numbers of scammers that call me to these services out of frustration.
- whoopdedo 5y agoAssuming all scam phone numbers are spoofed, isn't this putting innocent people in "digital jail"?
- elliekelly 5y agoI don’t think a phone number being associated with spam calling would be enough for Fidelity to black-list you but I suppose if they’re only blocking your online login (and not your transactions) it could be a possibility. You could get a pre-paid sim card/phone number and try signing up for Uber and Instagram with your same address, email, credit card details, etc. and see if your account gets blocked.
- diebeforei485 5y agoDo you have apps from these companies installed on your phone? Your phone's unique identifier (plus maybe associated account information like name/email/phone number/etc) might be flagged on some database used by all these apps - perhaps Sift Science?