At one time, chain snatching incidents were very common. Now mobile phones have replaced chains. Actually, due to snatching, people have stopped wearing gold ornaments and going out, but no one can leave their phone at home. In such a situation, if someone snatches your phone from your hand and runs away, then you should know which 5 things should be done first. An Instagram account named CareerWillApp has also posted a reel about this. In which a police officer is telling about what to do in case of phone snatching. Let's know about it in detail.

First of all, block the SIM
If someone snatches your phone and runs away, then first of all, you should get your SIM blocked. For this, you can go to the offline store of the telecom operator, or if someone else is also using the SIM of the same operator in your house, then you can also get your SIM blocked by talking to the customer care from their phone. In the video of Careerwillapp, the police officer is also seen saying that in case of phone snatching, the SIM should be blocked first because the phone thief can empty your bank account by asking for OTP on your number. You will not suffer any further financial loss by getting the SIM blocked.

Track location
If you are an iPhone user, you can track the location of your phone using Find My on your PC. This can help you find your phone. Similarly, Android users can find the location of their device with the help of Google Find My. Let us tell you that this service can be found on Samsung devices through an app called Samsung Find.

Change all important passwords.
When someone suddenly snatches your phone and runs away, for a moment, you do not understand what to do next. If such a situation comes with you, then you should change the passwords of your very important accounts. Include the passwords of banking apps in this. By doing this, you can save yourself from further loss. Almost all our important accounts are logged in on the smartphone. In such a situation, if you change the passwords of these accounts, then the person who stole the phone will not be able to cause you more harm.

File a complaint of phone loss.
In case of phone theft, after completing the necessary steps mentioned above, a complaint of phone loss should be made to the police. You can also do this work online. For this, you have to go to the website of your state police. For example, the website of Delhi's state police is lostfound.delhipolice.gov.in. You will get the option of Lost Devices on your state police website. With its help, you will be able to complain of your phone loss to the police very easily.

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