Premier League players' phone numbers are widely LEAKED as police launch investigation - with stars being targeted by suspected fraudsters
Premier League players' phone numbers are widely LEAKED as police launch investigation - with stars being targeted by suspected fraudsters
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The Premier League and police are investigating a large-scale ‘leak’ of players’ mobile numbers – with some of the game’s biggest stars targeted by suspected fraudsters. Mail Sport can reveal a staggering ‘league-wide’ problem that has sent clubs across the top-flight and EFL into a panic, with some of the private numbers of a host of household names falling into the hands of tricksters.
![[Tricksters have managed to sneak their way into players' WhatsApp groups by pretending to be a star who has got a 'new phone number']](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/27/19/94571623-0-image-a-34_1738007386498.jpg)
Player liaison departments across the competitions are working together and sharing details of the tactics being used – and the apparent attempts being made to dupe their footballers. It is understood that the specialist police officers have also been called in to try and identify those involved.
![[Players are being asked to share their personal data. It is not known how the numbers have been obtained]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/27/19/94571641-0-image-a-35_1738007445071.jpg)
Players have been warned about the situation and to ignore messages that come from unidentified numbers. Mail Sport has been told of a series of troubling instances in which well-known stars have been targeted. In one instance, an unnamed player was contacted by someone masquerading as the club’s liaison officer to offer assistance finding accommodation, while in another, a trickster posed as a team-mate of a new signing and asked for an ‘initiation video’.
Premier League stars' phone numbers have been leaked en-masse and they are being targeted by suspected fraudsters. Tricksters have managed to sneak their way into players' WhatsApp groups by pretending to be a star who has got a 'new phone number'. Players are being asked to share their personal data. It is not known how the numbers have been obtained.
