The
Central Bank of Nigeria has warned bank customers to ignore text
messages alleged to be from their banks asking them to disclose personal
bank informations.
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Friday urged bank
customers to be cautious of unknown individuals alerting them on the
deactivation of their bank accounts due to incomplete registration for
Bank Verification Number.
This is contained in a statement by Mr Ibrahim Mu’azu,
Director, Corporate Communications of the CBN posted on the apex bank’s
website.
The statement gave example of the message as:
"Dear customers, due to the new BVN policy of the CBN your account have been deactivated and to reactivate call…."
The CBN warned individuals and the general public that
those messages are intended to lure bank account holders to reveal their
personal details with which the fraudsters could use to defraud them.
The statement also made it clear that neither the CBN nor
their employees or agents would ever call bank customers or send
e-mail/text messages requesting for passwords, card details or Personal
Identification Number.
It, however, advised bank customers to personally visit their banks for any issue requiring disclosure of personal bank details.
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