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Can someone else deactivate my SIM card?
If someone gets a hold of your SIM card, they can extract information from it and possibly use your mobile phone account. In either case, you must contact your mobile service company to deactivate your SIM card and then dispose of it in a way that prevents your information from being extracted from it.
What can someone do with your SIM card if they steal it?
People who can steal your sim card, can use up all your data and possibly even add fines to your data plan when over using your data plan. The thief can also send text messages and make phone calls as your phone number, fooling anybody that has your phone number thinking it’s you texting them or calling them.
Can you track a deactivated SIM card?
SIM cards do no GPS tracking whatsoever. That is not the job of the SIM card. The job of the SIM card is to authenticate that the device belongs on the network and that the owner of the SIM card has an active subscription to services.
What happens when Sim is deactivated?
Once a SIM card has been deactivated, it’s not possible to reactivate it. Moreover, deactivating the SIM card returns the phone number associated with it to the pool of available phone numbers. It is therefore impossible to keep the phone number associated with a deactivated SIM.
Can you trace a deactivated phone number?
There is no way to track a device once service is deactivated.
How do I deactivate my a SIM card?
A SIM card is deactivated when it has not been used in the last 6 months. To stop deactivation do any one of the following actions at least once every 6 months: Make at least one call, SMS or MMS to another number (This does not including calls to Emergency Services or Member Services)
What happens to my account if my SIM card is disconnected?
If your SIM card is disconnected, you will lose any remaining Airtime Credit and/or goodybag balances and also the phone number on your account. giffgaff recycles phone numbers and we will not be able to reconnect once your number is disconnected and recycled.
What happens when a SIM card is deactivated for inactivity?
When a SIM card is likely to be deactivated for inactivity, we will send a first communication one month before the deactivation of your SIM card. If there is still no activity with this SIM a second email is sent roughly 48 hours before to warn the member they only have a short time left to act.
What happens if someone cloned your sim card?
If someone has cloned another person’s SIM card, not only do they have the ability to receive their incoming texts and calls, but they can also send outgoing texts and calls using their number. This means they could impersonate them to gain access to important accounts, or even scam the victim’s contacts.