Cell Phone Safety

This is a true story about a lady who just got rubbed. The thief stole her handbag. She lost her cell phone, card credit, wallet, etc. Few minutes after that she called the husband using the public phone and told him what just happened to her. She was shocked when her husband told her that he received a text message from her number asking her bank account pin number. Without any double, he reply the message by sending the pin number to his " wife". When they went to the bank, they found out all her account money already gone. The thief stole her money in less that 20 minutes.

The moral lesson from this story are:

1-Set a password on your cell phone/ mobile phone. The latest mobile phone will list few kind of screen lock that you can choose. You can choose between face unlock, face and voice, pattern, pin or password. The best option is the password. This option is the strongest security and the hardest for someone to unlock your phone. Choose a unique password that other people would never know about it and the password you choose is easy to remember. Do not use important date as your password like you birthday date or your wedding date. If someone stole your handbag, they will know your ID number by looking at your ID card that we usually keep on our wallet.

2- If a number from your contact list send you a weird message, like " do you remember my pin number?" or something similar, do not immediately reply the text. Call the sender number first and ask them if they are the one who send the message. If you are confirm, you are allow to give them the information.

3- Do not disclose the relationship between you and the people in your contact list. Do not use name like hubby, baby, daddy or mom because the people in this list are the people who are the closest to you. They might know important information about you like your bank account pin number.

4- If someone text you a message, asking you to meet him/her somewhere unusual, confirm it first. Call the sender and ask them carefully. If you can't reach them, be extra careful if you decide to go to that place. It would be the best decision to bring someone with you. If you are a girl, it would be better to bring a guy with you. If you have to go alone, text the people you are close to, like your parent or your partner. Tell them you are going to that place and the time you are going there. Give them the address. If they can't contact you in the future, they can assume there's something wrong happen to you. It would be easier for them to report it to the police.