Step by Step on How to Password Your SIM Cards, Secure it From Scammers When Stolen

Over the years, SIM users have lost their live savings to thieves simply because their SIM cards were not secured before it got stolen. Many operate an unsecured and unprotected SIM cards because, they feel relaxed after passwording their phones, not knowing that, SIM cards too also need to be secured, protected and passworded just like their phones.

Once a phone is stolen, the thieves in most cases remove the SIM cards from the stolen phone(s) and use the SIM to carry out illegal businesses like stealing of money from the owners account, using the SIM cards to purchase airtime from the victim(s) account, and do other illicit businesses that may render the SIM owner incapacitated.

So, we have decided to show you in simple steps, how you can password, secure your SIM cards and be safe from criminals.

But, before you password your SIM card, make sure you use a password you can easily and always remember because, failure to do so renders the SIM card useless. So, make sure you use numbers you can remember at all times.

So, below is a step by step ways of how to password your SIM card and keep it safe from criminals, hackers, and scammers.

Kindly find below the process to password your SIM card against phone thieves that might want to use the USSD code to carry out transactions from your bank account.

1. Go to SETTINGS in Your phone.

2. Go to SECURITY & LOCATION or BIOMETRICS & SECURITY  then to OTHER SECURITY under SETTINGS

3. Go to SIM CARD LOCK.

4. Click on LOCK SIM CARD.

5. Enter Your mobile network default SIM CARD PIN.

*For MTN users it is “00000“.                          *For AIRTEL users it is “1111”.

*For 9mobile users it is “0000”

* For GLO users, it is “0000”

6. After entering the MOBILE NETWORK DEFAULT PIN, under it You will see ” CHANGE SIM PIN”, click on it to change to Your unique 4-digit pin,

7. Confirm Your unique 4-digit pin by entering it again & YOU ARE DONE 👍.

So anytime You “turn On” Your phone You will be prompted to enter Your SIM CARD PIN just as You will be prompted to enter Your phone lock PIN or Draw Your PATTERN each time You “START” (ON) Your phone.

With the ACTIVATION OF SIM LOCK on Your phone, Your money can never be withdrawn from Your bank account through your SIM because Your SIM will be useless in their hands since it is blocked and You will not be under tension to go and block or retrieve Your stolen SIM.

Please kindly share this information with Your loved ones because the rate of phone theft these days are alarming as they (phone thieves) are not just after the phone but SIM CARDS linked to Your bank account.

With these information, your bank accounts are well secured and safe from hackers and scammers.

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