If a person has my mobile phone number as well as imei and phone make/model can the person hack into my phone? A lot of damage could be done if thats possible, stop to think about it, the person could swipe my credit or worse push a virus to my phone. Pls this appeal goes out to the gsm engineers out there who know their onions. This 'guy' claims he can offer internet access for pc via one of the major gsm networks via gprs via vpn (for peanuts) but requires my imei, phone number and model. He has already given me an apn with username and password to prove that the connection works (and i have confirmed that) but requires my phone info so that he can configure my phone, once i pay him some money he'll provide vpn cgi (biko what is that?!!!) Anyway i'm afraid he might be able to remotely control my phone.i assume the imei is like my ip address and with internet connection he can have easy access to my phone from a remote location, the question is: is that possible? Pls gsm gurus, help me out here. I really want the connection but i need to know what the risks are. I know for a fact that once a knowledge person has a phone imei he can do and undo a lot on that phone but the internet connection is very tempting. pls i need more info and advice. Looking forward to intelligent posts from people who know their onions. Ciao