Darkseid:
They can request for PIN even when you're buying airtime on your line, because that's exactly what the criminals do.
They buy airtime through your bank to your line since there's no prompt for PIN, after that they send it the airtime to another number.

Many people prefer the convenience of loading airtime on their OWN lines without having to input a pin every now and then. Why don't these people who lose their phones use a pin to lock their phone and sims in the first place?

Saynotoapc:


Bro it happens
Upper iweka is a case study.
Onitsha, upper iweka, boys will pin you down on broad day light, even passer-by won't intervene.

That's crazy but this is Lagos. I never knew it has gotten to that stage.

Well, it seems that side that you can board bus to Egbeda in Computer Village is known for notoriety. I boarded a bus sometimes last month there and I was watching YouTube videos. I was sitting by the window side. It was around past 7 or almost 8 in the evening. The driver asked me to keep my phone except maybe I want it to be snatched by petty thieves.

It was until we left that side that I could bring it out and continued watching my video.

If u have goigle acct or google email as a registered user with ur phone nos activated b/4stolen just goto setting and block the phone there. QED

danieldinho:
Today been the 25th day of oct 2021, I had a terrible and shocking experience at computer village Ikeja. I went for a transaction at my bank around allen junction aromire street, on my way back i got to under bridge looking for a bus going to my direction at the park. As i was abt boarding a bus going to Egebeda i was attacked unconsciously i felt my phone left my pocket and the others held me like a pin b4 i could regain myself phone was gone, and all boys holding me gone too disappearing in the thin air luckily for me my money was intact, the phone is not up to a month, i bought it around oct 8, phone is infinix note 10, the pack and imei are available i dnt know if the phone can be recovered via tracking.

Pleaase folks be careful around computer village ikeja and also be vigilant. Of a truth i was carried away with some thoughts on my head computer village today gave me a shocking early birthday gift two days earlier.

Night or day?

Tayosteve:


Are you sure you are okay? " He was taught a lesson everyone in lagos should learn" are you really serious about it? I'm sure you know how he got robbed. Is it a good thing to got robbed in a sane country?

Lagos is notorious for pick pockets. If you dont know, better do now.
They are everywhere in all Lagos's market and bus stops.

Even the security agents cannot eradicate them. They are like touts in every motor parks collecting illegal fees and you see police standing right there watching.

Get the point.

danieldinho:
Today been the 25th day of oct 2021, I had a terrible and shocking experience at computer village Ikeja. I went for a transaction at my bank around allen junction aromire street, on my way back i got to under bridge looking for a bus going to my direction at the park. As i was abt boarding a bus going to Egebeda i was attacked unconsciously i felt my phone left my pocket and the others held me like a pin b4 i could regain myself phone was gone, and all boys holding me gone too disappearing in the thin air luckily for me my money was intact, the phone is not up to a month, i bought it around oct 8, phone is infinix note 10, the pack and imei are available i dnt know if the phone can be recovered via tracking.

Pleaase folks be careful around computer village ikeja and also be vigilant. Of a truth i was carried away with some thoughts on my head computer village today gave me a shocking early birthday gift two days earlier.

If you have android manager activated on your phone, I can help track its last know location for free, but not sure how useful it will be anyways

Darkseid:
Nigerian banks are just too useless. People have been complaining about thieves using their stolen SIM card to purchase airtime but till now they've refused to do anything about it.

What was banks suppose to do? Stop you from making transaction with your sim?
How was bank supposed to know the transaction is being carried out by criminals?

The banks and internet has done what is expected, which is for you customers to put a pin on your sim card and avoid saving any of your banks details on your phones. Pass-wording your sim is as important as pass-wording your phone.

Banks are not magicians to know transactions coming from a criminal and the genuine owner....

TeamLeader:
I've said it before. All the people at the computer village are agbero by default. All

unfortunately some agbero at computer village get everything pass u...so the op now everywhere around ikeja is computer village.most people get robbed,swindled out of their gullibility and stupidity,most wanto buy a phone of 100k for 30k.some people foolishly refuse to mind their business and some at the wrong place at tje wrong time.its makes no sense coming here to say u were robbed at computer village whereas it happened under the bridge or at ipodo.even the the so called touts inside computer village are not thieves,they only outsmart u if u are gullible.if u want to buy iphone 13promax for 300k,the have it for u.sorry about op's loss anyway.

daewoorazer:


If you have no iota of empathy in you, do well to read and comprehend before you hop into meaningless conclusions.

Didn’t you read the part where he said he was ATTACKED AND PINNED DOWN?

I dont like replying miscreants like you.
Didn't you see " sorry for your loss in my reply"?


And what has computer village go to do with the story he narrated?

This happened at Ikeja under the bridge or along Awolowo way.

Was his phone picked inside the technology market?

tonak:
Most of the boys that steal phones around ikeja and computer village can be found at no 3, Shanu street ikeja. If you can get security operatives there I'm sure you'll find your phone. I stayed around that environment a while ago so I know.

but I got operatives that escorted me to ikpodo and I couldn't still locate my attackers in 2017

GetMeRight:


You know what to do but you don't want to do it. Police is your best bet, they will collect money from you but once your phone is found, you will collect your phone and the money you have spent back from the thieves. Go to police, no any other way around it

Please don't listen to this man. Oga how can you advice him to go to the police? They will only collect money from you and you won't get any result Trust me. Just let it go and count your losses instead of letting the police add to your misery. This is coming from someone who was trying to track someone who absconded with my money. The biggest mistake I made was involving the police. I provided vital informations like his two phone numbers that still connects till date, his bank details(incase they want to track him through the bank). Yet no result. The only thing that changed with the person was that he moved out of the neighbourhood he was staying yet the police couldn't find him although I'm quite sure they just collected my money and did nothing. The money I gave the police was lesser than the one I was hoping to retrieve but it was the one that hurts most when I lost it to the police. That is why you should just let it go because the police is not going to help you

I dont know about you but i just locked my sim with another pin code.

MufasaLion:


So it's until you get defrauded, robbed, or cheated that you that makes you a "proper Lagosian"? Be deceiving yourself. Most people that do get defrauded and cheated in Computer Village are those that are greedy. You can't be greedy and expect good result.

Everyone knows how dubious most guys are in Computer Village but still, many would still go ahead to buy phones from the street urchins advertising high-end phones at a very ridiculous cheap prices. I don't pity the victims of any foul play at Computer Village.

you have ur points chief, the bottom line is, what ever the reason u chose to patronize something from computer village, u go sharp once dem run u street.

abi was it not from this same computer village a nairalander bought an iphone from a shop that don jazzzy is even following online only for him to get home and his bro told him the phone isnt genuine, involved police, and the big man owner of the shop settled the police right in front of the nairalander, only for them to replace the phone with another one and his bro still informed him that the second replacement is same as the first...that was when he cried to nairalanders for suggestion.

he wasnt greedy, he went to a reputable shop to buy phone, if he dint have a bro thats into phones and know about phones, he wouldnt have known the phone is not genuine

daewoorazer:


If you have no iota of empathy in you, do well to read and comprehend before you hop into meaningless conclusions.

Didn’t you read the part where he said he was ATTACKED AND PINNED DOWN?

They attack you and PIN you down at a bus stop in broad daylight, lol.

The story no de add up.

danieldinho:
On getiing home my account has been use to purchase airtime b4 i quickly run to the bank, my sim card number was getting wrong number each time i called the line, i have gone to make a police report of the incident also. I plead to fellow nairalander that are expert in phone recovering and tracking to come to my rescue if the phone is trackable all details are available via request.

Any one seeing this write up please try and secure ur sin card with PINCODE. From December of this year and all through next year it going to be too tough. Secure whatsoever that can be secured.

Always put code on d sim u use to recieve alert its very important

No amount of street smartness can save you from those thieves. Only God grace

Darkseid:
They can request for PIN even when you're buying airtime on your line, because that's exactly what the criminals do.
They buy airtime through your bank to your line since there's no prompt for PIN, after that they send it the airtime to another number.

sending airtime from one phone to another still require a pin except that you are first timer of airtime transfer, otherwise they won't be able to transfer the airtime out

femi4:
Next time , block your line even before blocking your account no

2. It's high time everyone activated simlock on their sim

I'm doing this rightaway

Go and buy another one.. boys must chop

Sammy07:



Gbam, truer words.

Tho I've not been scammed b4 at the comp village
I don't pray to be scammed

Some stupid wan scam me there sometime in 2017 but thank God sey I meet a soldier man,I end up going on with free phone Sha,since den I no dey enter computer village

saddler:


Lagos is notorious for pick pockets. If you dont know, better do now.
They are everywhere in all Lagos's market and bus stops.

Even the security agents cannot eradicate them. They are like touts in every motor parks collecting illegal fees and you see police standing right there watching.

Get the point.

I know better! I'm just curious how attached stealing and hooliganism with teaching .

11Anonymous:
Maybe it's time infinix started preventing those that steal their products from using them using xclub account, just like the way iPhone and Xiaomi does it.

You're right. Interestingly, you can't steal a Samsung phone and use it. I just need to login to my Samsung plus account and lock the phone with the imei

Gadafii:
you have ur points chief, the bottom line is, what ever the reason u chose to patronize something from computer village, u go sharp once dem run u street.

abi was it not from this same computer village a nairalander bought an iphone from a shop that don jazzzy is even following online only for him to get home and his bro told him the phone isnt genuine, involved police, and the big man owner of the shop settled the police right in front of the nairalander, only for them to replace the phone with another one and his bro still informed him that the second replacement is same as the first...that was when he cried to nairalanders for suggestion.

he wasnt greedy, he went to a reputable shop to buy phone, if he dint have a bro thats into phones and know about phones, he wouldnt have known the phone is not genuine

Bro, as far as Computer Village is concerned and you don't have a trusted gadgets seller. It's more ideal to go to a reputable stores like SLOT, 3CHub or any phone brand stores there. It's better I pay high for a gadget at a reputable store than pay less at a regular shop/store just because of price.

Don Jazzy is a human before he became a celebrity so he can choose to follow whosoever he want on social media without even knowing the person or brand. Following a store or brand doesn't mean he's endorsed the brand. There's difference.

femi4:
Next time , block your line even before blocking your account no

2. It's high time everyone activated simlock on their sim

hw do u do DT .explain in detail pls

femi4:
It's high time everyone activated simlock on their sim

Very important.

Those guys have already sized you, planned you and jump you within 1min.

All it took was sign language.

If you observe your surroundings you would have noticed.

Sorry Bro

haffaze777:


Some stupid wan scam me there sometime in 2017 but thank God sey I meet a soldier man,I end up going on with free phone Sha,since den I no dey enter computer village

I've entered that place twice or so.

But I have never been scammed.

But I'm not going there again.
I fit go there like and get scammed

I don return back to my state

nurez305:
sending airtime from one phone to another still require a pin except that you are first timer of airtime transfer, otherwise they won't be able to transfer the airtime out

I don't know how these criminals do it, but they usually call the network provider to change the transfer PIN. I remember when my phone got stolen, they actually changed my PIN.

lanreabbey:
That why I always tell people to always use PIN Code for their Sim apart from the phone Pass code

please what are the steps to always lock my sim

mbourie:



I cannot connect two phones to either of the freepod....take for example my fianceè wants to connect to the left freepod and listen to a particular music, while I want to also connect to the right freepod to listen to another music.

You cannot connect 1 Bluetooth device to two phones at a time

Darkseid:
Nigerian banks are just too useless. People have been complaining about thieves using their stolen SIM card to purchase airtime but till now they've refused to do anything about it.

Especially GTbanks, ecobamk and co.
They won't ask for pun if u want to recharge for yourself.