Enugu police pass vital information to residents concerning bank fraud
- Residents of Enugu state have been advised by the state’s police command, on ways to avoid falling victim to bank fraudsters
- The residents were told not to disclose their ATM card pins or Bank Verification Numbers to people, in order to avoid unpleasant consequences
- The spokesman of the command also disclosed that some members of a fraud syndicate operating in the state had been arrested
The police command in Enugu state has urged residents of the state to guard their bank details jealously to avoid being victims of a fraud syndicate operating in the state.
The command’s spokesman, SP Ebere Amaraizu, gave the advice in a statement issued to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Enugu on Tuesday, February 20.
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Legit.ng gathers that Amaraizu noted that the advice had become necessary in view of intelligence report about the antics of mischief-makers, who tried to reap where they did not sow.
He said the command had started to unmask and arrest members of the syndicate involved in the unwholesome act in the state.
The spokesman said some of the suspects engaged in the financial fraud had been helping the police in the investigation.
“The command wishes to advise members of the public to be wary of disclosing pin numbers of their Automated Teller Machine (ATM) cards as well as their Bank Verification Numbers (BVN) to people.
“This will avoid unpleasant consequences of hoodlums wreaking havoc on their bank accounts," said the spokesman.
He also advised residents of the state to be wary of those who ask to be assisted to withdraw money from ATM points with their ATM cards, as such people might be mischief-makers.
“Such people only desire to cash-in on such opportunity to get their victims’ ATM pin numbers and change their cards without them knowing and thereafter wreak havoc on their account," Amaraizu said.
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In a related development, Legit.ng previously reported that a 27-year-old Nigerian man, Fawaz Olarewaju Animasau, was sentenced to 2 years imprisonment in the United States for aggravated identity theft and conspiracy to commit bank fraud.
Animasaun and two other persons were named in a federal indictment for charges of aggravated identity theft and conspiracy to commit bank fraud, as well as aiding and abetting.
He was on his way to the U.S. from Ghana, through Amsterdam, when he was arrested at the airport in New York.
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Source: Legit.ng
