Looks like a new scam

Problem is that those who communicate with me use a wide variety of ways of doing that, not just voice calls.

I do lots around the house and outside and on the roof too and a lifeproof case protects the phone fine and works fine when out for exercise too.

I don?t bother with the shower, let it time out and answer when I am out of the shower if it needs answering. I don?t have a bath and havent used one for more than 50 years.

Not the latest with bulletproof facial recognition or fingerprint detection.

But with inductive charging all you have to do is lay it on the charger overnight and that is fine all day with a well designed smartphone.

Completely automatic with the best designs if you want that.

I pay for everything using mine and no longer have to even consider if its safe to use some shonky operation run by an illegal who might skim my card or steal my card etc.

All day is all you need now with inductive charging.

No suckering involved, some of us have noticed that they do all we need to do and can do it anywhere, unlike with a desktop or laptop which is much less portable.

But trivial to ensure that you get notified if that happens and cancel that.

But I get notified and have to confirm that I have authorised the deactivation and obviously tell them that it?s a scam and refuse that.

In order to field incoming communications as you would at home.

Even if you did have email on your phone, them having your mobile service shifted to a sim under their control, does not give them access to information stored on your actual phone, like its email account configuration.

However it may make it easier for them to go through the "forgotten password" reset procedure with your email provider to try and gain access to your email, depending on who it is and how it is setup.

In the case of phones tied to apple or google accounts it may make gaining access to those accounts easier, and in turn they may have phone information and configuration stored in their cloud repositories, which could facilitate recovery of your last backup. That *may* include your email account configuration (although often not your passwords)

In the very early years of mobile ownership I used to take it with me if going out, but typically had it turned off. People used to query "what is the point of having a phone but leaving it switched off?" So I would explain to them that I carry it for my benefit not theirs! That way should I need to make a call I can, but I am not going to be interrupted by calls. (and in those days ETACS analogue phones would power up and connect to a network in a few seconds)

I don't think anyone has my mobile number anyway, so nobody's going to ring me!

I also have a cordless phone, that I take out in the garden hooked onto my belt when working outside, in case anyone rings my landline number. Occasionally, it comes unhooked without my noticing and gets lost in the shrubbery or wherever. The simplest way of finding it is to 'ring home' with my mobile, and walk around the garden listening for the ringing cordless.

I've dug out the clamshell, and recharged it. Not bad since it's sat in the drawer for three years. The SIM is now, however, invalid, so I'll have to look into that. But first is to see how long it retains the charge.

The only time that I ever buy with PP is when some retailer uses them as their processor

But because of this they have somehow decided that I have an account with them, but I haven't given them any extra details.

God know how this change is going to affect my next purchase from, Oh I don't know, usa.coins inc