How To Block Your Bank Account And SIM Card If Your Phone Is Stolen Or Lost

 

Here is a guide on how to block your bank account instantly. You can block your bank account if your phone or ATM card is stolen or misplaced.

ATM card or phone theft can, unfortunately, occur anytime. To prevent your bank account from being hacked, the first thing to do is to block your bank account to prevent an unauthorized withdrawal of your money or having access to your private data.

All being said it is very necessary to know how to block your bank account instantly if your ATM card or phone is stolen deprive fraudsters of tampering with your bank account.

How To Block Your Bank Account And SIM Card If Your Phone Is Stolen Or Misplaced

• Make a call to your Bank's Customer Care and give your bank account details to them; Give your account number and names.
• Log in to your bank's online banking platform and block your ATM.
• You can also visit your nearest bank branch and report to them and ask to block your ATM card.
• Dial the respective bank's codes with any available phone; enter your account number and names

Using your mobile phone, you can block your bank account from debit transactions by fraudsters.

To do this just simply dial the correct bank code of your bank on your phone. Immediately, you would be asked to type in your account number and names. Once you do that, your account will automatically be blocked from any debit transaction.

Some banks would require you to call customer care to block the account while others may require you to just use a USSD code.

Every bank has its unique USSD codes.

Here below are the codes to block bank accounts with your phone if your ATM Card or phone is stolen.

Banks or USSD codes you can use to block your bank account from unwanted debit transactions by fraudsters

1. GTBank – *737*51*10#
2. First Bank send “BLOCK” to 30012 via text message
3. Zenith Bank – #966*911#
4. UBA, dial *919*10# from the bank account registered
5. Union Bank – text “BLOCK CARD NUBAN” to 20123
6. Access call +23412802500
7. Fidelity Bank dial *770911# from the mobile number linked to your account
8. Keystone Bank call 23470020003000
9. Sterling Bank call 070078378464
10. Polaris call +2341270850
11. IBTC Bank dial *909# from the mobile line linked to your account and select my bank and select service request then select block card.
12. EcoBank send “STOP” ATM your account Number to 0806326226
13. FCMB Bank call + 2342798800
14. Wema Bank call 08039003700

Guide: How to block your SIMCARD

You can block your Simcard using your IMEI (See how to check your IMEI number)

IMEI (International Mobile Equipment Identity) is the unique identification number of the phone.

If your phone was stolen. The first thing you need to do is to go to the nearest police station and give a report. 

Take this police report and your ID card to your service or network provider. Your service provider will then help you to block both the phone and Simcard in the phone.

If you forgot your Phone's IMEI number, you can still block the phone and Simcard. What you need to do is to contact your service provider and request them to block your phone. You would be required to provide your ID card and answer some questions to confirm that you are indeed the true owner of the phone.

Please note that at the moment, this process is only available to some banks only. That is other Nigerian Banks are yet to activate theirs to make this possible. They should join soon though.

Please share this information with your family or friends who may need it.