Nigerian Man Loses Millions of Naira to Fraudster after Keeping His Mobile Line Inactive
- A Nigerian man has lamented bitterly after the entire money in his account was wiped out by a fraudster
- The young man said the fraudster was reissued his MTN mobile number and this allowed him to wipe out his account
- Sharing his pain with police PPRO, Benjamin Hundeyin, he appealed to him to help him get back his money
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A Nigerian man has broken down in tears after his money was taken by a fraudster.
The young man claimed that MTN had reissued his mobile number to another user because they felt his account was inactive.
Source: Twitter
However, the victim claimed the line was not really inactive because he usually receives text messages via the same line once in a while.
Sadly, the line was reissued to another customer who seized the opportunity to wipe out the victim's account.
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Sharing the sad ordeal with the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Benjamin begged for a solution to get his money back.
Benjamin shared the messages on Twitter with the caption:
"From my DM. Prevention is better than cure! Before travelling for a long time, change your numbers everywhere necessary; or keep them active, topping them up with N100 monthly should suffice. For this case, he’s been advised on how to proceed."
Social media reactions
Chijioke Nwosu said:
"Are mobile operators legally allowed to re-issue lines that have been previously linked with someone else's NIN, BVN, etc? Can any lawyers here help clarify please?"
Gideon said:
"After I lost my 1st number to this during my 1st travel I learnt about MTN keep my sim. This package just cost 500naira every year and the ussd code for it is *365*1#. With this your number won’t be issued to anybody and you’ll be safe. You can keep paying 500 for 10yrs."
IamFunmi added:
"Yea, I was told this too last time I walked into their office. They recycle inactive lines, that he receives SMS isn't enough to make the line active but our telecoms have issues too which should be fixed, active users have similar issues."
Agu Ugbajah commented:
"I think the law governing telecoms in this country has some major flaws in the sense that these telecoms takes no responsibility for damages. I think before a line can be re-issued to a new subscriber, the customer has to be adequately informed and all links to the line terminated."
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3 Nigerian banks report 26,877 fraud cases in 6 months
Meanwhile, Legit.ng previously reported that according to financial reports, Access Bank, GTB and Fidelity Bank registered about 26,877 fraud cases in the first half of 2022. The report shows a 56.45 per cent decline from 61,715 fraud cases recorded by the banks between June and December last year.
The Punch report said that Guaranty Trust Holding Company and its subsidiary firms reported 15,004 fraud cases in the period under review. GTB reported that N155 billion and $50,700 were affected in those cases, with N158.73 million recorded as an exact and expected loss. Also, Access Bank reported N1.2 billion in fraud cases for the period.
It recorded 10,76 fraud attempts in the first half of this year. The bank said about 7,104 attempts succeeded while 3,602 were rebuffed. About N12,55 billion was affected in the attempts.
Source: Legit.ng
