# 🔐 Security

### Keeping Your Wallet Safe

#### 🛡️ Security Best Practices

**Phone Security:**

* ✅ Use phone lock screen
* ✅ Enable app password
* ✅ Keep app updated
* ✅ Don't jailbreak/root phone

**Recovery Phrase Security:**

* ✅ Never enter it online
* ✅ Don't screenshot it
* ✅ Hide physical copies well
* ✅ Tell trusted family where it is (in case of emergency)

**Stay Alert:**

* ✅ Double-check addresses
* ✅ Verify websites
* ✅ Question unexpected messages
* ✅ If it seems too good to be true, it is!

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### What to Do If...

#### 🆘 Quick Solutions

**Lost your phone?**

1. Get new phone
2. Download and install LF Wallet

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3. Select "I already have a wallet"

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4. Enter your 24 words

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4. Set up a new Passcode and Face ID (optional)

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5. Everything's back!

**Forgot app password?**

1. Uninstall app
2. Reinstall app
3. Import with 24 words
4. Set a new passcode

**Transaction stuck?**

* Wait 24 hours
* Check blockchain explorer
* Contact support if still stuck

**Wrong address sent to?**

* Unfortunately, it cannot be reversed
* Contact recipient if you know them
* Learn for next time

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### Common Scams to Avoid

#### 🚨 Don't Fall for These!

**❌ NEVER:**

1. **Give your 24 words to "support" (actually, NEVER give those to anyone)**
   * Real support NEVER asks

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**❌ NEVER:**

2. **Click links in emails**
   * Go to app directly

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**❌ NEVER:**

3. **Believe "double your crypto" offers**
   * All scams!

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**❌ NEVER:**

4. **Rush transactions**
   * Scammers create urgency

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**❌ NEVER:**

5. **Trust random messages**
   * Verify independently

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**Remember:** If someone can "help" you get rich quick, why aren't they rich already?