Scammers continue to evolve and birth new ways to fleece unsuspecting Nigerians of their hard-earned income.
Unfortunately, one Oluwabunmi Adebunmi who fell for their new trick and have taken time to narrate the ordeal so as to enlighten others and save many from falling victims to these fraudsters.
According to Adebunmi, she received a mail purportedly from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC which reads,
Good day,
Please kindly find attached your invitation letter to our office on the 14Th of December 2021. All necessary details are in the attached document.
Note: Treat as urgent
Thanks
DSP samuel ajiboye
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission
Address: 15A Awolowo Rd, Ikoyi, Lagos
In eagerness to know what was would warrant an EFCC invitation to their office, Adebunmi opened the attached document but was redirected to another page where she was requested to log in with her Yahoo details.
She logged in with her email and password but still, the attachment did not open. She thereafter left it and went to bed.
Waking up the next morning, yesterday 13, December 2021, a total of ₦548,900 was illegally transferred from Adebunmi’s account.
According to her, “The hackers changed my bank login details. They requested OTP for forgot password. They requested for OTP to create token seed and the bank granted them.
“All these transactions started from 1 am today (yesterday). They transferred my hard earned money to various account.”
An inquiry made to the bank revealed that the scammers opened a mobile app with the victim’s Automated Teller Machine ATM card on another phone to make all the transfers despite the card being with her.
Adebunmi added that although she was hopeful that the bank “do the needful”, she shared the experience so that people can be alert as to tactics scammers use to defraud people.
The Street Journal also reported how scammers use the sale of fuelless, noiseless generators to scam unsuspecting individuals.
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