How to report or block a stolen phone in Nigeria
In advanced countries, all you had to do was pop into the nearest
police station and make your report. The
police are the ones that will try to recover the phone for you and if all
attempts fail, they will now block it permanently. Unfortunately, that is a
luxury we can’t afford in Nigeria. The police force here struggles immensely in
trying to recover missing persons let alone mobile phones!
To block a phone, the most common way is to send the IMEI number of
the phone to your service provider asking them to block the phone. IMEI stands
for (International Mobile Equipment Identity) and can be found behind your
phone when you remove the battery. You can also get it by dialing *#06# on your
phone. The number should appear on the screen. If you haven’t written down this
number somewhere, you may want to do so now and also advice your friends to do
so. You won’t gain anything by having your phone rendered useless but at least
you will be happy that the person using it will not enjoy it.
Another method you can use is by using mobile antivirus software
known as NETQUIN. This may sound like a paid advert for them (wish it wasJ), but the software helps you to know when the SIM card in your
phone gets changed. A message will be sent to a number you must have provided
while setting up the software. At that point you will have the option of
remotely locking the phone and setting off an alarm. At this point you may be
lucky and the thief will call you back to negotiate on how you can get back the
phone.
If he or she decides to keep the phone, you will then have to
remotely delete all the private data you have on the phone ranging from photos
to texts and contacts. One other good thing with this antivirus software is
that it also has provision for contact cloud backup. This means that your
contacts will be uploaded to their servers and you can always use the username
created while setting up the process to recover your contacts.
This is how to report or
block a stolen phone in Nigeria. It’s high time we began frustrating phone
thieves also!
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