Scammers have adopted a fresh method of obtaining bank account details of Nigerians as they call you and give almost exact particulars of your bank account.
TheNewsGuru.com, (TNG) reports the regular calls made by scammers who identify you by your first name before reeling out details of your account.
You will be alarmed as to how they got all your vital account details with your complete name.
In a message that has gone viral on social networks details of how they operate came to fore, the writer of this piece a staff of TNG almost fell prey on same day.
Read below the viral message:
TO: ALL WHO ARE AFRAID TO RELEASE THEIR BVN NUMBERS .
ANOTHER INTERNET BANK FRAUD SYSTEM DISCOVERED
A REAL STORY.
@ 1:30pm yesterday (Tuesday)I got a phone call from 08148292037 who claimed to be Mr Benjamin from FBN Abuja. He gave my full names, BVN number, Date of Birth, my Alert phone number, which he called, also the 5 digit number I used to create my FBN mobile bank app.
He said that one Mr Usman created a Union bank account, and is trying to move money from my FBN account to the Union bank. He claimed he stopped the transaction, & is trying to verify if I authorised such transaction, which is the reason I have not gotten any debit Alert.
I asked him to go ahead to block the transaction, for I didn’t authorise any online transaction.
He then asked if I gave my ATM card to anyone or used my ATM recently, I said NO.
He then asked if I have my ATM card with me, and demanded that I should read out the ATM digit numbers to enable him stop the transaction. I told him that he had already stopped the transaction, and have gotten a clarification from me, which is enough to enable him block whatever that needs to be blocked, if he is truly a first bank staff.
As I refused to call out the numbers, he then asked isn’t this is the first 5 numbers? He then asked what’s the next number? I told him that I will never read out my number to who claimed to be FBN`s staff over the phone, that I will rather go to any First Bank office & complain. He asked me if he is a ghost and not a FBN staff to get all my details.
As I pissed him off by not budging in, he switched off the phone.
An alert came in, as I checked the message on my phone, there was already a message from Union Bank, showing Account opening Authentication numbers 872395, 973392.
I quickly rushed to FBN. The Customer care personnel asked me not to bother about anything, so long as I didn’t read out those numbers to him nor gave him my ATM pin or the three digits number at the back of my ATM card.
Please be guided. My people, it is so real & convincing that I believe some Fraudulent bank staffs connive with these DIE HARD HOOLIGANS to dupe innocent customers.
Please share widely ASAP.
I have shared this to you. You too can save someone by sharing. This is true. Just be at alert. Fraudsters are tactical. Don’t be a victim.
My Experience:
Same Tuesday I got a call from this number (09138472863) and the strange caller identified me by my first name and reeled my account details.
He asked me whether I instructed somebody to withdraw a large sum of money from bank account and I replied him, no I did not.
He asked after my ATM details and at this point I asked him which of my bank accounts he replied First bank.
I immediately discovered a scammer was at work because I do not operate a first bank account but I got curious how did the scammer got three of my BVN numbers right.
I immediately told him to got to hell.