Topic: [SCAM PREVENTION]Setting a Sim Card Password May Save from Theft of your Funds (Read 42 times)

This is interesting, but let’s also not forget that if you have your phone misplaced or stolen by a scammer, and if the phone is not locked and the scammer happens to have access to the phone without having to switch this phone off, this pin to some point might be a little useless as they can send, receive, and do whatever they want to without having to input any PIN code for authorization in the sim, unless they have to put the sim on another phone or the phone went off in their hand. If not for the main time, if the phone is not on passcode, the sim might be on PIN code, but they don’t lock in an instance unless I miss this feature.
 
Another thing I will also like to remind us of is that if you are an old SIM card owner, it should be interesting for you to go check your SIM card park fiat and get to confirm if the puk of the sim is safe and sound because if you are by chance to forget the pin you set and the sim is locked, it’s only the puk that can be used to unlock it unless you have to visit the nearest network provider's office.
 
And for those who bought a new sim from the roadside, before setting up the pin, always try to use a code irrespective of the network provider to get your puk from the sim first because what's written in most of the sim parks all these agents give now are not the original sim puk; they even use hands to write your sim mobile number on the paper for you. We should also practice safety while trying to protect our funds from being stolen.

Op thank you for bringing this security measure come we local board, be because this period e come be like say the scam rate com increase well well, and Dem fit even still your phone, though stealing of phone don dey scarce small small because plenty of those bad boys don enter into cyber scam, but if at all this na the best way yet to take protect our sim card from the hand of scammer, I been don see one person wey dey thief moni from people account through this sim card something so,  and as I dey like this I dey fear make my phone no go loss make person come wipe my account, but thanks to this thread at least e don refresh my mind to then days wey men been dey use button phones. 

The default pin depends on your service provider.

MTN default pin: 0000
Glo default pin: 0000
Airtel default pin: 1111
Etisalat default pin: 0000

I added this video as a guide to learn how to set it up:
https://youtu.be/ubTtCyKjoys?si=O87Mp0LzlMb1VwKL

Activating your sim security pin na d safest way to avoid unauthorized access to your sim card. If dem steal or you lose your phone, no panic because anytime wey de thief put your sim for any phone e go dey ask for pin to open up. If the person enter the wrong pin either 3 or 4 times, your service provider go block the sim and na your PUK number wey dey for your sim pack go dey required to unlock the sim.

If you no want add sim security, anytime you lose your phone, immediately call your service provider to block your sim, but you go need to supply dem with your personal info to confirm say na you be de genuine owner. The info include sex, DOB, mother's maiden name, most frequently dialled no, last airtime recharge etc. if you give dem everything dem go block am sharply. After you fit do welcome back and unblock your sim.

Boys no dey take eyes see sim cards, anytime you lose your phone, do the needful quickly or dem go drain your accounts.

Cases of getting access to people's funds in the event of missing  phones have become very rampant and a lot of people have  their tales to share.

Their was a time a friends phone was stolen from him on his way to night class and before he got to the night class all his funds have been taken away and when we went to be bank in the morning to look for help they didn't tell us anything reasonable at all, as a matter of fact, they could not even dictate the the account that the money was sent into.

We are obviously in a situation where we are at our own mercy and our security is totally our own business , if you don't take your security seriously you will loose all your funds and no one will do any stuff about it.

For me, I no de carry my security play oh, I de put password for almost anywhere when I know say an outsider fit get access to oh! Lass lass wetin be the worse case scenario if I put password for my sim? Is I not just blocking my sim and I guess that's way better than losing my funds.

I think we have discussed about this on this local board some months ago, but I am unable to find the topic. I am referring to a topic that educate how to avoid your money from being stolen on Opay, Kuda and banks.

But emphasizing on how pin lock is very important makes this thread useful.

There is nothing hard in esim activation, but most phones are not supporting it. The phones that I know are supporting it are those most expensive phones that are two or more times expensive than midrange phones. Phones like Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra, iPhone 15 Pro Max and Google Pixel 8 et cetera.

I randomly saw this on the internet, where they recommended that having your SIM card passworded is one of the best security measures to prevent scammers from stealing your funds, especially if it is the SIM card you have used in registering with your bank. For instance, if you lose your phone and someone tries to gain access to your bank app or anything else, they would need the password you have set to do it successfully.
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There is an explanation on how to go about with putting the password.
For Android smartphone:

• Open Settings,
• Go to Security and More Settings
• Tap on the SIM card lock option
• Switch on lock SIM card and enter the default PIN
• Then change pin to your preferred pin

I am not sure about the default PIN; you can search the internet for it. Please be very careful; your SIM may get locked if you forget your PIN, and you would need to call their customer agents for your PUK.

A solution I found for this issue is to use an eSIM, but who wants to go through this stress?

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There is a lot of information and personal experiences from other users shared on this thread - https://twitter.com/sledge_baba/status/1732790175846060158