Google sends you a confirmation text. Enter the code to complete the verification. A number can only support one Google Voice account at a time, but you can forward calls.

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They then ask you to send them that code. Once they get it, they can use it to create a Google Voice Number connected to your phone, which helps them conceal their own identity.

Besides potentially breaking into existing accounts, scammers who hijack your number could get access to Google’s two-factor authentication codes linked to the victim’s phone number.

For the former, apps like Google Authenticator or Microsoft Authenticator display a code number that changes every 30 seconds, which you must enter or verify to sign in.

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