Submitted by princetonwu t3_yhtd5f in LifeProTips
To avoid getting scammed or any sort of nefarious activity on your phone, and also still helping those that genuinely needs it:
- never allow them to have control over your phone
- ask them who they're calling
- ask them the number and dial it yourself
- put the phone on speaker during their conversation. If it's urgent (and IMO only urgent situations calls for using a stranger's phone), they shouldn't mind. If they mind, then they probably shouldn't be borrowing your phone