Martin Lewis shares top five things you need to do to stop thieves accessing your mobile banking Source: ITV
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00:00Mobile security tips thefts are at 40% in London, but they're going up right across the country to now the crucial thing
00:05They're not just trying to nick your phone
00:06Some of them are trying to access your financial data from your phone
00:09You have to protect yourselves on this folks five quick tips for you use remote tracking apps to locate your device if it's been nicked
00:15And suspend payments as find my from Apple smart things fine from saying some find my device from Google do those things
00:23Next
00:24Enable the biometrics, you know face ID and fingerprint ID on your phone both for the phone itself and for your banking apps
00:32If you're not going to and you're a pin code type person, please different pin code for the phone and the banking apps
00:39It's called shoulder surfing these days people look over your shoulder to see your pin code
00:43And then if you're doing the same for both they can access your money
00:46Now this one sounds a bit weird dial star hash
00:5006 hash to get your IMEI image then screen grab and save it
00:55That is what you're going to need to give to the police if your phone is stolen
00:58That's roughly what it's going to look like
01:00Screen grab it and assuming you can access your email not just on your phone. I would just email it to yourself
01:05So you've got a copy somewhere. It's
01:07Star hash 06 hash try on your phone literally on your phone number. I know it sounds weird, but that's what happens