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You may not worry much about potential fraud when you provide your cellphone number for something — while shopping online, checking out at retail or grocery registers or adding it to online account profiles. It might even seem sensible to include your phone number in a “for sale” ad on Facebook, Craigslist or another online marketplace. But did you know that when criminals obtain or gain control…