This lady has changed her habit of how she lists her names on her mobile phone after her handbag was stolen. Her handbag which contained her mobile, credit card, purse, etc, was stolen. 20 minutes later when she called her hubby, from a pay phone telling him what had happened, hubby says "I've just received your text asking about our Pin number and I've replied a little while ago." When they rushed down to the bank, the bank staff told them all the money was already withdrawn.

The pickpocket had actually used the stolen hand phone to text "hubby" in the contact list and got hold of the pin number. Within 20 minutes he had withdrawn all the money from the bank account.

Moral Lesson: Do not disclose the relationship between you and the people in your contact list. Avoid using names like Home, Honey, Hubby, sweetheart, Dad, Mum etc, And very importantly, when sensitive info is being asked thru texts, CONFIRM by calling back. Also, when you're being texted by friends or family to meet them somewhere, be sure to call back to confirm that the message came from them. If you don't reach them, be very careful about going places to meet "family and friends" who text you.

na story joo

Thanks a lot for this thread I have made corrections on the list on my cell phone immediately.

A word is enuff for the wise.

Hey,
Its not just story, my cousin was scamed after my Phone was stolen.
He was asked to pay someone some money from my phone and the guy took the money to someone who was waiting for him at Mr Biggs.
I was very Furious with him, I've never asked for his help with my finances before I wonder why he fell for that. He said he was surprised and felt it was very urgent cos I've never asked before.

But in my case they where just contacting people on my phone at random. From the cases I heard only my Cousin fell for it, the rest where very sceptical, they called back and the guy that stole the phone couldnt make sense impersonating me, next time they called I have retrived my line.

Please in case of money or security details, always make sure you confirm by voice and possibly with a question only the other person should know before going ahead. You can never be tooo careful.

This is a very good advise & a big thank you for that.I have learnt some lessons,

Thanks for this thread, it is a great lesson

Nice one, it's good one and i have made some codings on my storage pattern.