How to Block Your Bank Account When You Lose Your Phone/SIM

Codes For Blocking Accounts/ATM Cards To Stop All Fraudulent Acts In Your Bank Account

Lost your phone or SIM swapped? No problem, use any available phone to secure your account using FOUR steps:

1. WEMA BANK

1. Dial *945*911#.
2. Select option for third party.
3. Input phone number linked to the account.
4. Input PIN to deactivate your profile.

REGISTER ON USSD WITH THESE FIVE STEPS :

• Dial *945*100# with a registered phone number.
• Input your account number.
• Input DOB (format dd-mm-yyy).
• Input USSD 4-digit PIN.
• Confirm PIN.

2. ZENITH BANK

• Dial *966*911#.
• Zenith Bank will then send you a prompt requesting for your Bank Account details.
• Once you type in the Bank Account any debit card linked with/to that account will be blocked instantly.

3. First Bank send Block to 30012 via text message

4. Union Bank send BLOCK CARD NUBAN to 20123

5. Key stone Bank call 23470020003000

6. Sterling Bank call 070078378464

7. GT Bank *737*51*10#

8. Stanbic IBTC Bank *909# select my bank and select service request then select block card

9. EcoBank text STOP ATM your account Number to 0806326226

10.FCMB Bank call + 2342798800

11. Access Bank call +23412802500

12. Polaris Bank call +2341270850

13. UBA Bank dial *919*10# from the mobile line linked to your account

14. Fidelity Bank dial *770*911# from the mobile line linked to your account

15. IBTC Bank dial *909# from the mobile line linked to your account

Ensure your account is registered on USSD.
Remember to always keep safe!

Quick Note: 

Please it is important that you understand that this process is only available to some bank only. This means that other Nigerian Banks are yet to activate theirs. Hopefully, with time, they will join.