“So what these hackers are doing is calling your cell phone providers over and over again, [and] requesting new SIM cards. Now once they get these ... But it does not matter when it’s an inside job.

A phone purchased from Verizon is locked for 60 days after its purchase date. After that period, the lock is removed and you are able to insert a new SIM card and change your wireless carrier.

The Verizon phone uses CDMA so there is nowhere ... [Charles] could use his SIM card on his brand new phone.