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Nigerians
have been warned to be vigilant after the police discovered new method
fraudsters now use to steal sim cards and empty victims' accounts.
A new trick used by fraudsters of rip Nigerians of their cash has
been uncovered, as they now swap sims to empty peoples bank accounts.
The Oyo State Police Command, revealed the new trick yesterday,
following the arrest of 10 suspects: Omotayo Azeez, 29, Olufade
Abdulgafar, 33, Adesina Peter, 32, Odugbesan Gbenga, 39, Shiyanbola
Harry, 32, Effiog Udofia, 52, Arowosegbe Adewale, 43, Adesanlu Kayode,
32, Onasile Abiola, 25, and Temitope Fatai, 21.
The Oyo Sate Police Commissioner, Shina Olukolu, said:
“On March 14, Adeniyi Ige, the Security Manager of Airtel
Network Limited, reported that his company received complaints from
customers regarding withdrawal of various amounts of money from their
bank accounts, through fraudulent SIM cards swapping.
.The complainants included Prof. Olapade James, the Dean,
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Ibadan, who reported that
on February 21, he experienced loss of signal on his line.
Following this, he said he started receiving notification of
debit alerts from his bank account via email, adding that N180,000 was
fraudulently withdrawn from his bank account.
Also one Godwin Unigbe reported that on February 22, N3m was
fraudulently withdrawn from his bank account. Benjamin Udo Bassey
reported that N460,000 was fraudulently withdrawn from his account
between February 20 and 21.”
Following the reports, an internal investigation traced the
fraudulent SIM card swapping to ISON BPO, a call centre to network
service providers, including Airtel Network, located in Ibadan.
This led to the arrest of three workers of ISON directly
involved in the fraudulent act. Further investigation led to the arrest
of seven other suspects.
They (fraudsters) will call you to give certain information and
as you give the information step by step, what follows is that your
phone will go blank.
After some minutes, it will be back again, and a few minutes
later, you will be receiving debit alerts via email. They have swapped
your SIM card. Don’t give information to somebody you do not know.”
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