The Corporate Services Executive of MTN Nigeria, Akinwale Goodluck, has announced the decision of the company to discontinue SIM swaps by proxy with effect from June 7.

Mr. Goodluck said this in a statement on Thursday in Lagos.

He said that after June 7, customers who wished to swap or replace their SIM cards as a result of their phones being stolen, destroyed or misplaced must do so in person.

According to him, the decision was taken in order to protect customers’ data and preserve the overall integrity of the SIM swap process.

“In recent months, unscrupulous elements have started to exploit the proxy SIM swap process and there have been incidents of unauthorised people fraudulently obtaining SIM cards belonging to others.
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