WHY YOU MUST ALWAYS ENABLE YOUR SIM PIN
We
have forgotten the importance enabling pin on our sim cards especially the one
we use in registering our BVN (Bank Verification Number) w now put more Importance
in locking our phone and WhatsApp application forgetting that we have left a loophole
which is the sim card. Before the arrival of the smartphone (Android, Apple and
Window phones) in those days when the sim is more expensive than the phone itself
we place so much value on the pin and the puk number, but now that sim cards
are cheap and we can even afford to buy 50 at a go, we have forgotten to be security conscious not knowing that it is now that we have to be more
security-conscious and always enable our pin.
Now
that sim cards are linked with bank details, e-mail address, loan application
and so much more, we have to always enable the pin because anything might happen.
people complain of their phone being stolen and not only that money are being transferred
from their account to another without a single trace and at the end of the day
the banks won’t do anything.
IMPORTANCE OF THE SIM PIN
Restricted Access to Your Contact:
if they are stored on the sim memory: sim card has a little bit of memory up to
123kb that can store contact and few messages, when the sim is locked and the phone is stolen, the thief who has stolen the phone won’t be able to steal
your contact information or defraud them pretending to be you.
Restricted Access to Bank
Information: If the sim that was stolen is what was used for your bank
verification and is locked the person who stole the sim won’t be able to carry
out a fraudulent activity on that sim, like using the sim to collect loan on your
behalf. Don’t be surprised you can now use your mobile number that was used to
register BVN to collect loan without collateral and that is why some customer complain
that some amount of money has been deducted from their account without their knowledge
and also they won’t be able to wire out your money since the sim is locked.
Account Balance Is Well Protected: To
those people that do have a huge amount of airtime on their mobile phone this
would help them keep it till when they retrieve their sim and will also serve
as evidence when they are being questioned by the service provided during the sim retrieval
process.
Note:
majority of phone users are always having a password on their phone, so when a phone
is stolen the person who stole it might probably switch off the phone first so
when he/she want to power it on the sim pin will always pop up which is useless
to them and in the process of wiping your device, the information on the phone
too is going along with it.
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