Good morning dear all, please do not transfer any money to any of my accounts for now. If you need to send money, contact me so I can give you another account.

I was in the office yesterday 25th June and while my assistant and I went to attend to a generator person in the kitchen a stranger walked into the office at about 12noon in the presence of my computer and GRE students who didn't know he was a thief. A young boy in his 20s and dressed like a miscreant though according to them. He ended up stealing my phone and money on my desk.

Immediately, i swung into action first thinking its in the office or any of classrooms. When I didn't couldn't find it, I went to the ATM to transfer some money from my access and first bank to a safe account leaving a few amount left though I couldn't transfer from my gtbank. I get about 10 Bank accounts o so no ask say why I no block my accounts. I was very confused and everything was happening so fast.

I went to hopeless MTN's office at Idi-Ape at about 3pm to block and retrieve the line and was done by 6pm. I even bribed my way in o because the Crowd was large lol. In the evening after getting getting home, I discovered that the thief within 30 minutes of stealing the phone had bought mtn airtime of 19k on my line and had transferred it to another number. I called MTN and also went to their office and they refused to tell me the number the airtime was sent to from my line. I recorded the call which I will publish shortly

Also, why would MTN allow ussd code to buy airtime of 19k without requesting pin. After purchase of 5k, MTN should have requested pin for further purchase

Because I had retrieved my line and thinking my line was safe, i left the remaining money in my gtbank and first Bank and even the other banks. Total money no much Sha o.

And now I woke up this morning 26th of June I discover that even after retrieving my line that is attached to my bank accounts, the bastard was still able to transfer money this morning again at about 7 30am and cleared the remaining balances on my gtbank and my first bank. He sent the money to:
LYDIA OCHOLE ISAAC

Acct: ******9961
Amt: 10,000.00 DR ,COMM+VAT= 26.88
Desc: REF TO Lydia Ochole Isaac
Avail Bal: 980.60

First bank didn't give me the recipient details though. So I went to the police station to report the matter and also report MTN for their complacency and role in encouraging these evil acts so they can profit from it

People thought it's someone who knew me and I laughed. It's not true. A business partner of mine had his phone stolen at ogba Lagos and his money of about 120k was transferred. Lagos police later paraded suspects who had specialty in stealing phones to hack the victims accounts. Also, last week, my student's Phone was stolen here in ibadan and they bought airtime of 19k into her line and transfered the airtime out.

So the best thing is not too allow your phone to be stolen. They will remove your sim and place it in another phone and apply evil technology to hack your bank accounts. It's becoming too common in nearly all states. So don't think it's people who know you that can do such evil. They once did it to my dad in Lagos and cleared all his money.

To prevent them, start using your sim pin. To activate it on Android, go to settings and then go to security. You will see your sim pin features there. Activate it. If you don't know your pin, go to your sim pack. It's there. If your pin is activated, anything you turn on your phone it will ask for sim pin. If your phone is stolen, they can't use your sim to hack your bank account because it will request for the pin and if they input the wrong pin 3 times, the sim will be blocked.

So please do not send money to any of my accounts until further notice.

I can always get the money through alternative account for now. On Monday I will go to my affected Banks to complain and then see what can be done.

Thank you
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@Seun
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@Mynd
Nairaland

So sorry for your experience. Had bout same experience last year https://www.nairaland.com/5927651/ordeal-digital-thieves

Many unanswered questions on how to resolve Phone Theft into Hacked Bank Account matter.

May God help us

A friend of mine (Bouncer) lossed his entire savings of about 1mill to this phone theft .. ki olohun fiso reh sowa

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Nigeria banks will encourage you to download mobile app , collect ATM card ,do mobile transfer. But when your money lost to scammers they will tell you sorry there is nothing we can do .

That is why you should always have sim lock, he wouldn't have any access to the sim but when you only lock the phone, they can remove the sim and put it inside another phone. Please always password your sim card!!! No matter how many times they tried to insert it in another phone, it will request for the pin. Thanks

Lock your SIM and be safe.

Yeah. That's the best solution.

aanuoluwami14:
That is why you should always have sim lock, he wouldn't have any access to the sim but when you only lock the phone, they can remove the sim and put it inside another phone. Please always password your sim card!!! No matter how many times they tried to insert it in another phone, it will request for the pin. Thanks