Losing your phone is one thing but having your phone stolen is a whole other thing 😔 CarolOforiOnECR WendyKnowler
Photo of woman in gray coat using laptop/PexelsFor one woman it didn't just cost her losing her phone but an additional knock on her bank balance.
According to Wendy Knowler, who is investigating a case of a stolen phone that happened at the beginning of the month, it pays to save your bank's fraud department's number. Not just on your phone, in case it gets stolen. Perhaps it is best to go back to our trusty, old black book.A woman who was busy using her phone had it snatched from her hands. The sad part is that more than R630.000 was transferred from her accounts.
This was before she was able to block her bank information. Although she used her laptop to block her accounts, she was left offline for two days. "When her new SIM activated, she found messages from her bank warning her about suspected fraudulent activity on her account. It hadn’t occurred to her to de-link the banking app on her phone, something she could have done on that laptop, too." (
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