This year the cases of fraud have increased through cell phones with an operating system Android. Possibly at some point you have received very strange SMS text messages, which informed you that you had “won” 50 thousand soles and a 0km truck, since many people fell under this type of fraud that consists of depositing a certain amount of money to the scammer so that you can just “receive the prize”, something that will never come because after having made the bank transfer they will block your number instantly.
This is one of the most popular scam methods in Latin America, there are many around the world and they are increasingly dangerous, since the cybercriminal could have access to the savings in your bank accounts and empty them in a matter of a few minutes.
Next, from Depor we will offer you a total of five recommendations so that you are not just another statistic of computer criminals. Remember to follow each piece of advice, so you will reinforce the security and privacy of the confidential data that you store on your smartphone.
So you can prevent them from scamming you on your Android phone
- Update your phone’s operating system: Many security breaches occur because of the lack of an operating system update. By not doing this, your smartphone is not protected from virus and malware leaks.
- Do not open suspicious messages or links: Do not accept or open SMS links of jobs, raffles, movements of your bank accounts or any of similar content, always check the recipient. Cybercriminals often take pages that look like bank officials or mobile operators to steal information.
- Download applications in the official stores: You must use applications from official stores such as Google Play to avoid malicious downloads that usually access the information stored on your cell phone.
- Avoid opening ads: Some ads often open in popup windows or as a full screen message. In these cases, the ideal thing to avoid is clicking on the ads that ask you to download applications from suspicious web pages or redirect you to sites where they ask you to fill in your data.
- Use unlock methods: The most basic recommendation is to prevent, and this includes taking measures such as setting a screen unlock method using a fingerprint, facial recognition, pattern or pin. Thus, in case of loss of your cell phone, they will not be able to access your personal information.
Why my Android phone does not recognize the SIM
- wrong setting: Many times this usually happens. Sometimes we don’t close the tray properly to put the NanoSIM in and, despite the fact that we think it’s fine, it tends to be a bit out of place. Press and go.
- Restart your smartphone: In case you have done the first tip, you can also restart your phone so that it detects the signal in your terminal.
- Turn off airplane mode: When we remove the SIM card, our mobile can be put into “airplane mode”. All you have to do is download the menu of your smartphone and deactivate it.
- Clean it carefully: Another detail is cleaning the chip. In general, the golden part tends to get dirty from our fingerprints and that means that it is not read normally by our cell phone.
- Reset settings: To do this we just have to restart the network settings patterns. We will go to Systems, then Recovery Options and there we press Reset mobile network settings.