Martin Lewis issues urgent advice to anyone who uses mobile phone for banking

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