This is a long shot i know but I was in Dubliners bar on 08/04/24 and sat at the very back bar with my wife adjacent to the bar. I was talking to a guy who I now know as Jude and had nothing to do with the incident but I had my phone stolen in the bar around 23:00. The bar was very packed but I am looking for anyone who was in the bar maybe at the back end who may have taken any videos or pictures as i want to be able to identify a croatian gentleman around 35-40 wearing black jacket and grey beard.
A long story short he got access to my phone and locked me out of my account and then stole quite a large amount of money from my bank accounts. I've reported it to the Police and the bar has no CCTV which I find suspicious considering how busy it was and the potential for trouble. If anyone can help or also had their phone stolen please pm me. We are talking a loss at the moment in the region of 4k which Im now trying to recover back from the banks,
My recommendation is although Apple Pay is great for convenience however if they get your phone whilst its unlocked you are screwed and face ID can be overruled with the passcode. Apple are now onto this a bit late for myself but anyone with a newer Iphone
Also i had a couple of cards attached to Apple Pay thats a disaster only have one and ideally one with a low card limit it only takes them to double tap and they dont need your facial ID.
Ensure you have IOS 17.3 or later
Go into settings
Face ID & Passcode
scroll down to Stolen Device Protection (New Feature)
Turn it on
This adds another layer of protection if your Iphone gets stolen so if your phone is in an unfamiliar location you must authenticate with face ID and not just the passcode. It also adds security delays of an hour before critical security changes are made.
Within approx 2 hours they had cleared out 3 bank accounts of funds !!
I hope this doesn't happen to any other blues onwards and upwards and hopefully we get the result next week
