Niall McNamee was travelling on the London Underground when a thief on the platform expertly snatched his phone from his hand just as the train doors closed. But that infuriating loss was just the beginning of his problems. Because two days later the 30-year-old actor discovered his bank accounts had been drained by £21,000 — including a £7,000 loan that thieves had audaciously taken out in his name.
"It used to be that people stole a phone so they could sell it," Mr McNamee later told the BBC. "Now it seems they are stealing phones so they can get into all of your data and take money."
