How to block your bank accounts immediately your phone is stolen

If you unfortunately lost your phone to criminals, you stand a risk of also lossing all the money in your bank account, as these criminals have ways of accessing the money saved in your bank account through your sim cards. The best thing to do in such a situation is to retrive your phone number, or linking your bank accounts to a new phone number.

But the problem here is that, before you are done with the process of retriving your phone number or linking your bank account to a new phone number, the thieves would have cleared every penny saved in your bank account, and all your hard earned money would be gone just like that, and there almost nothing you can do to get it back.

Don't get too scared yet, as there is a solution to this problem. You can block access to your bank accounts almost immediately your phone got stolen, inorder to minimize your loss. Below is a list of USSD codes to dial for different banks, to block access to your bank account if your phone was stolen, these codes can be dailed from any phone, you will be asked to verify your ownership of the bank account during the process.

List of USSD codes to block your bank account for different banks

In conclusion, please stay safe out there, and always keep your phone in a safe and secured place when passing by a dangerous area especially at night time.