The Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission, EFCC, has urged members of the public to ignore any message allegedly
coming from the Commission, claiming that their banks had sent a report
of fraudulent transaction on their account.
This warning is coming on the heels of several
calls and e-mail from members of the public across the country that the Commission
sent mails to them requesting for their bank details and report of other
fraudulent transactions.
One of such mails forwarded to the EFCC
by a recipient reads in part:
“Dear Sir/Madam,
Your bank has sent in a report of
fraudulent transaction on your bank account. This link Scanned_Document.pdf shows a list of suspicious transactions. You are to peruse and report
to the address in the invitation letter on the link. Please, note that failure
to do this, we will begin the process of closing all your accounts using your
BVN. Failure to report will be dealt with seriously. Click on View Download V”.
It is important to state
that the said mail, and others in similar fashion, did not emanate from the
EFCC. It is not the Commission’s modus
operandi to request members of the public to send report of fraudulent
transaction on their bank account.
The public are advised to
report mails or calls from suspected scammers to the EFCC via the following: info@efccnigeria.org. The Commission could
also be reached through these hotlines: 09-9044571, 09-9044572, 09-9044573, or via
our Facebook platform: www.facebook.com/officialefcc.
Wilson Uwujaren
Head, Media & Publicity
16th May, 2016
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