Mobile Phone Scam: If the mobile phone is old, we often sell it. Some exchange again and buy a new phone. But before selling or exchanging the old Android Mobile, do these four important things. The consequences of which you may have to suffer in the past.
Your money may disappear
Most of the times our phone contains a lot of information, which can cause us financial and personal loss. So do these things before selling the phone. Otherwise you may be a victim of financial fraud.
Mobile Phone Scam: What to do with banking and UPI apps?
If you have downloaded banking and UPI apps on your old phone, they should be deleted during phone exchange. Because if someone uses your old phone, your financial information will be exposed through these apps.
What to do with SIM and its data?
When changing your old phone you need to remove SIM card from it. Also, the SIM data must be deleted from the smartphone. If you do not do this, your personal information may be leaked.
Mobile Phone Scam: Don’t forget to backup your WhatsApp data
You must take a backup of your WhatsApp account before changing your Android phone. Doing this will transfer your WhatsApp data to the new Android phone. After taking the backup you should delete the WhatsApp data from your old phone.
Reset the old phone to factory settings
After replacing your old Android phone, the old phone should be restored to factory settings. By doing this, all data present on your old phone will be automatically cleared. If someone uses your old phone with factory settings, no information about you will reach them.
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