Gone are those days we need a sim card certificate to retrieve sim. The modern method is the use of biometric data. Well, it is in the right direction. However, something tells me that our sim card are not safe yet. I have been nursing this thought for some time now until I read on nairaland yesterday about how a man tried to retrieved a sim from his lost phone. Unfortunately, the sim was registered by his brother. On second attempt, he was assured the sim card will be active in the evening. You can read it here. [URL]https://www.nairaland.com/4604789/how-n37k-debited-bank-account[/URL]
Although the story deviated. He did not tell us if he was successful in retrieving the lost sim card number. This confirmed my fear from the very beginning. Our Sims can be retrieved by anyone who have a little idea about us. The danger is that if one retrieve your sim even while it is still with you (just as the above showed that the thief was still making use of the sim before he retrieve it) that person can change all your online password in a minute successfully, withdraw your money and block you from all your social media if that is the sim you use for everything. If yahoo boys have access to this info, many people will cry. I thought about all this last night and I wept for this country. No wonder a scammer (not a hacker as he wants people to believe) said he can withdraw money from any Nigerian bank because they are not secured. This could be the method he is using.
Instead of guiding your pin and password, guide your SIM card. This afternoon, I changed all my online phone number to a new SIM I have never given to anyone.
Please let's us beg NCC to secure our sims