The consumer champion is urging people to change one common notification setting to help protect their money.
Martin Lewis warns of rising mobile phone theft and urges people with online banking to take five key steps to protect their finances. These steps include using remote tracking, enabling biometrics, saving their IMEI number, disabling preview notifications on the lock screen, and checking phone security settings. He emphasizes using different PINs for the phone and banking apps and warns about "shoulder surfing." The most crucial tip is turning off preview notifications for two-step verification codes to prevent thieves from accessing them on a locked phone.
