Advocacy

Police should help victims block their accounts

When my phone was stolen, the police officer told me to block my bank account by email

The job of the police is not only to catch criminals and tell victims "we can't do anything". They should help people block access to their accounts and call their bank

The checklist on paper

⚠️ Someone whose phone was just stolen cannot look up what to do. They have no phone, and often no internet

Police, hotels, shops: print this checklist. Keep it ready and hand it to them

⚠️ Take the theft seriously. It is not just a phone. Their bank and accounts are at risk

Write to us

Press, operators, phone makers, anyone who wants stolen phones to be worth nothing: write to advocacy at phone-theft-first-aid dot org