What if the phone is stolen?

phone theft - a fact not so much bad as sudden. The thing is that modern humans almost all life is concentrated in this gadget, so its loss - it is a real tragedy.

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If you decide to leave it like it is

Those who do not intend to take any action to return the phone, read the article there is no need.

• After the disappearance of the phone has been seen, it is necessary to inform all the relatives, friends and acquaintances that the device you have no room and you can not. Of course, to do it or not - a private matter.
• The next step - the purchase of a new phone and a SIM card and restore the lost numbers.

Actually, everything is now, taught by bitter experience, you just have to be careful and vigilant, trying to keep the phone out of the reach of criminals place and without losing sight of him or constantly feeling where he was staying in public places.

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What if you intend to return the phone, and to punish the offender?

• The first thing that you need to take - is to lock the SIM card, to prevent the possibility of criminal use your number is especially true in the case, if you have a mobile version of any bank, and it is linked to the mobile number. Card Lock will allow more and stay at your savings.
• If you quickly discovered the theft of the phone, for example, in a taxi - only that he was, and now it is gone, it is necessary to turn around sharply and carefully inspect passengers. Thieves hunted theft of mobile phones, usually young and inexperienced people who do not have nerves of steel, so an attacker can impersonate awkward or nervous movement.
• If there is an opportunity, ask the phone from your comrade, companion or friend. Usually people, even strangers, are put in position, and clothe the gadget. Dial your number and wait for a familiar call music, or vibration. So you can quickly detect a thief and your phone.
• In the event that the phone was stolen in a public place, where a large cluster of the people, it is better to immediately contact the police and write a statement. Many people think in vain that such trifles, like the search for a mobile phone, no one will do. The police officers are obliged to accept, and investigate operational events too. You will not even imagine how high the chance to get your gadget back. The main thing is to write down the statement number under which it was registered to keep track of the fate of his case. Also, by the statement number, you can find out the data of the investigator, which leads it and contact information is already addressed.
• The following Council is practical. As soon as you purchased the phone, immediately rewrite it with IMEI. This is a special code, it is located inside the machine under the battery, or in the documents for it, this is a peculiar identification number of the phone, it is perhaps you can compare with fingerprints in a person, that is, this code is individual. If the criminal is not so smart, and does not change this code to another, the operator is obliged to provide a police officer upon request all the movement of the device that it can get precisely thanks to IMEI. By the way, if you have not found this code anywhere, send a USSD request by number * # 06 #, and you will be sent to you as an SMS message. It must be made in memory of another carrier or write to the notebook, which is constantly carrying with you. Naturally, you personally will provide any information on the mobile phone operator, it is authorized to inform them only in response to an official request from law enforcement agencies.
• If you started looking for your phone, then do not stop at half the way, control the investigation, walk along the pawnshops in the place where they made theft.
• If the phone is still returning to you, then you are a big one, went through a big and difficult way to return your favorite gadget. If it still will not come out of this venture, then you should not despair, you did everything you could.

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How to protect yourself from theft of a mobile phone?

Tips for children and adolescents:

• If you got into an unfamiliar company, always keep the phone with you, if you have an expensive device, do not brag about it, it is better not to get it at all and do not show anyone.
• Never go on Dark Lane and unfamiliar places.
• If unfamiliar people ask the phone to call, or send SMS, or see the time, tell me that you do not have a phone and try to get away from them into a crowded place.
• It is impossible to change phones with other children or adults.
• If it is necessary to choose between give a phone or put your life of danger - boldly give up the phone, it is not worth suffering because of him.

Adult advice:

• Try to keep your phones in unavailable places for foreign people, do not allow open pockets, bags.
• Never give the phone to unauthorized people, call or enter the Internet.
• If you can insure your phone from theft, do it, at least you can compensate for its cost.
• After buying a phone, try not to throw away the box from it and documents where the individual data is available, including IMEI.
• Usually the victims of the thieves become owners of expensive brand gadgets. The inexpensive phone of a little-known firm is unlikely to attract attackers. Therefore, if you decide to buy an expensive phone, then be prepared to be in the risk zone and follow the device more thoroughly.
• Making a new phone, install a secret combination on it, which will allow you to block the gadget in the case of theft and do not give criminals to use it, even if they enter it a new SIM card. Also take care to change the phone name and PIN code if it is available.
• If the phone is a carrier of important information, then surely save its copy somewhere elsewhere: on the tablet, PC, laptop.
• Try not to store account numbers in the phone and codes from your cards to avoid even big trouble than theft of a mobile phone.

Theft of phones - the item is ordinary, everyone can become a victim of criminals who hung on your device, so you should be prepared to act and go to the end. Of course, if your phone is worth it.