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Re: I Keep Receiving strange Bank Alerts On My New Sim by Nobody: 6:36pm On Jul 22, 2020
MegaPlayBoy:
Hello guys, I need help
I keep receiving bank alerts from access bank in the new mtn sim I bought even though I have no access bank account.
The names attached to the alerts are also different and strange
I don't know where this is coming from, should I destroy the sim and get another?




Yes it not that it might be, it is. It is extremely dangerous for you to keep receiving bank alerts you have no business with.

You need to write two abatement notice. One to the network provider and the other to the bank.

Make your complain that you do not wish to keep recieving the alerts.

Ensure both letters are acknowledged and keep your acknowledged copies.

That will save you huge stress in the future.

Should anything happen to the account, you will be a prime suspect.
Re: I Keep Receiving strange Bank Alerts On My New Sim by valdes00(m): 6:36pm On Jul 22, 2020
chatinent:

Bro believe me, anyone who has access to that SIM will suckle it empty, whether MTN or Access Bank.
My friend is currently suckling sone cash... Exactly lik this, he Got a new mtn sim and he started receiving alert.. Then he used ussd code to make transfers, i sha don warn am but he no gree. Out of lik 200k, he remain 50k...
Re: I Keep Receiving strange Bank Alerts On My New Sim by Ojugunrege(f): 6:37pm On Jul 22, 2020
DaSailor:
Not at all.... Your personal banking details are your responsibility, there is contact center and I think that's enough.
I have of someone who lost over N1m in less than 24 hours, cos the SIM was recycled.
He is in diaspora and has not used SIM for over 2 years, the new owner gets an alert, sees the balance and proceeds to make withdrawals.
Luckily, he gets email notifications, that's what saved him if not that account would have been emptied.


I don't understand How is it possible to make withdrawals without any instruments - ATM cards, withdrawal slips or cheques, the latter 2 even requires signature?
Re: I Keep Receiving strange Bank Alerts On My New Sim by odogwu9(m): 6:37pm On Jul 22, 2020
udy4real:
I also recently started receiving bank alerts from FCMB and I don't have any account with them,well I didn't bother myself I just ignored it,do you guys mean it might be dangerous for me to have ignored it?

Very dangerous..and implicative..u better return the Sim to the nearest Sim provider
Re: I Keep Receiving strange Bank Alerts On My New Sim by Nobody: 6:38pm On Jul 22, 2020
valdes00:

My friend is currently suckling sone cash... Exactly lik this, he Got a new mtn sim and he started receiving alert.. Then he used ussd code to make transfers, i sha don warn am but he no gree. Out of lik 200k, he remain 50k...

But when the problem start, jail will be his next house. The bank will so ensure they use him as a scapegoat.

Funniest thing is, they could be closing in on him and he does not know.

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Re: I Keep Receiving strange Bank Alerts On My New Sim by firstratedcitiz(m): 6:38pm On Jul 22, 2020
MegaPlayBoy:

Its a relatively new sim, can I destroy it
I don't want Trouble
You've been told what to do and you're still asking irrelevant questions. Lodge a complaint with Accessbank or MTN. That line has been inserted into your phone and has left a 'fingerprint' with your phone's IMEI, even if you choose to destroy the SIM. If ever a case of financial fraud would come up against the account, it would probably be traced to your phone using its IMEI. Be wise.
Re: I Keep Receiving strange Bank Alerts On My New Sim by lawalmovichhhh: 6:39pm On Jul 22, 2020
SHEY YOU DON ASK NDDC CHAIRMAN
Re: I Keep Receiving strange Bank Alerts On My New Sim by cmoney1987: 6:39pm On Jul 22, 2020
Send an email to MTN before taking the SIM card to their office. Let them give you another line. If possible, make an official report at the police station.

Ensure you have your own proof just incase anything comes up. Keep the email for future reference. Please don't be careless about this. The best form of defense is attack. Don't trap yourself in what you know nothing about.
Re: I Keep Receiving strange Bank Alerts On My New Sim by chatinent: 6:39pm On Jul 22, 2020
valdes00:

My friend is currently suckling sone cash... Exactly lik this, he Got a new mtn sim and he started receiving alert.. Then he used ussd code to make transfers, i sha don warn am but he no gree. Out of lik 200k, he remain 50k...
It's wrong. When he's caught, he'll be surprised to hearing he defrauded sb off N200m when it was a few thousands. Many are languishing in prison for this. Bad news is you can easily track sb who does this.
Re: I Keep Receiving strange Bank Alerts On My New Sim by Nobody: 6:40pm On Jul 22, 2020
Our lazy youths don start again grin. SIMS unused for 6 months or more will automatically be blocked by the service provider and would be re-issued to someone else if not re-activated. Some Nigerians have relocated outside the country while some have abandoned their sims due to one reason or the other since GSM revolution started. Once re-issued, the previous links the SIM was signed on or attached to ( such as bank accounts, subscriptions etc) would still be valid and the new user the sim is assigned to, would keep receiving those messages, unless the original owner writes to stop it or replace the number.
Re: I Keep Receiving strange Bank Alerts On My New Sim by alexsoftwork(m): 6:43pm On Jul 22, 2020
[quote author=MegaPlayBoy post=91976674]Hello guys, I need help
I keep receiving bank alerts from access bank in the new mtn sim I bought even though I have no access bank account.
The names attached to the alerts are also different and strange
I don't know where this is coming from, should I destroy the sim and get another?

See, return the sim to the network as u are advise. Don't cause trouble for yourself oo.

Haven't u heard of a guy DSS detained CUs of buhari's daughter?
Re: I Keep Receiving strange Bank Alerts On My New Sim by ibolord(m): 6:45pm On Jul 22, 2020
That was how they wiped my account just because I'm out of the country. The motherphucker they sold my number to used USSD code and bought airtime 10k everyday and finished my money. Too bad I didn't have email alert. GTBANK telling me cock and bull story.
Re: I Keep Receiving strange Bank Alerts On My New Sim by stanliwise(m): 6:45pm On Jul 22, 2020
MegaPlayBoy:

Bro, I have been using the sim for a few month now and I have made no such attempt.
I has removed the sim from my phone.
I will leave it and forget all about it
if not used for 6 month MTN will sell it to someone else and the person might have a criminal mindset and withdraw all the cash. Save a soul, help the soul resolve it. If you have the chance.

Chances also is it could be a dead man account.
Re: I Keep Receiving strange Bank Alerts On My New Sim by igwedubai2(m): 6:47pm On Jul 22, 2020
[quote author=Rapsowdee01 post=91976754]


For your own good, take it to any MTN office..

That number belonged to someone else and MTN probably sold it because the person did not use it for 6 months[. Yes.e someone else line but sold to uuuu
Re: I Keep Receiving strange Bank Alerts On My New Sim by Klington: 6:47pm On Jul 22, 2020
Call mtn customer care service and report to them first for clarification.
Re: I Keep Receiving strange Bank Alerts On My New Sim by igwedubai2(m): 6:49pm On Jul 22, 2020
stanliwise:
if not used for 6 month MTN will sell it to someone else and the person might have a criminal mindset and withdraw all the cash. Save a soul, help the soul resolve it. If you have the chance.

Chances also is it could be a dead man account.
MegaPlayBoy:
Hello guys, I need help
I keep receiving bank alerts from access bank in the new mtn sim I bought even though I have no access bank account.
The names attached to the alerts are also different and strange
I don't know where this is coming from, should I destroy the sim and get another?


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Re: I Keep Receiving strange Bank Alerts On My New Sim by Platony(m): 6:51pm On Jul 22, 2020
My own is GTB alerts on a new sim.
Re: I Keep Receiving strange Bank Alerts On My New Sim by mechanics(m): 6:51pm On Jul 22, 2020
Call the customer care to stop the alert.
Re: I Keep Receiving strange Bank Alerts On My New Sim by Slynation(m): 6:52pm On Jul 22, 2020
MegaPlayBoy:
Hello guys, I need help
I keep receiving bank alerts from access bank in the new mtn sim I bought even though I have no access bank account.
The names attached to the alerts are also different and strange
I don't know where this is coming from, should I destroy the sim and get another?


Probably a recycled sim... Had the same experience with an Airtel sim I bought, with strangers bombarding me with calls, I just weak ditch the sim joor
Re: I Keep Receiving strange Bank Alerts On My New Sim by valdes00(m): 6:53pm On Jul 22, 2020
chatinent:

It's wrong. When he's caught, he'll be surprised to hearing he defrauded sb off N200m when it was a few thousands. Many are languishing in prison for this. Bad news is you can easily track sb who does this.
NA HIM SABI.. i sha no collect shishi frm am.. And he got a new alert recently again.. 120k.. I wonder if the person dont check his or acct balance after deposit
Re: I Keep Receiving strange Bank Alerts On My New Sim by igwedubai2(m): 6:55pm On Jul 22, 2020
Please will look of things return it to mtn office Biko nu. Mtn office has not do verification b4 selling it out. [sub][/sub]
Re: I Keep Receiving strange Bank Alerts On My New Sim by SenecaTheYonger: 6:55pm On Jul 22, 2020
pocohantas:


Lol. A financial institution should in addition to having a banking license, acquire a telecom license?

What next? They should have an engineering department that would ensure the cars of customers are in good condition. Lest they have accidents on the way to the bank. grin

They can afford that. They make $$billions in profit annually
Re: I Keep Receiving strange Bank Alerts On My New Sim by chatinent: 6:57pm On Jul 22, 2020
valdes00:

NA HIM SABI.. i sha no collect shishi frm am.. And he got a new alert recently again.. 120k.. I wonder if the person dont check his or acct balance after deposit
That's because the alert comes to the SIM your guy has. Unlike me, I check my mails.
Re: I Keep Receiving strange Bank Alerts On My New Sim by Bluffly: 6:58pm On Jul 22, 2020
Rapsowdee01:



For your own good, take it to any MTN office..

That number belonged to someone else and MTN probably sold it because the person did not use it for 6 months
That nonsense should stop from telcos
Re: I Keep Receiving strange Bank Alerts On My New Sim by Sunnyja: 6:59pm On Jul 22, 2020
sweettease:
So weird... since it is a new sim and you're probably not attached to it, ditch it and get a new one before you will start telling stories that touch. If you're attached to it, you can try calling access bank and mtn to resolve the issue.
What happened if he gets a new and this mess continues in the new sim?! It time the government acts against all phoney and dubious telecom companies. Innocent citizens will be made to suffer for inefficiency of operators. The rising numbers of such cases should be of concern to regulators if they are actually alive to their responsibilities.
Re: I Keep Receiving strange Bank Alerts On My New Sim by chatinent: 7:02pm On Jul 22, 2020
ibolord:
That was how they wiped my account just because I'm out of the country. The motherphucker they sold my number to used USSD code and bought airtime 10k everyday and finished my money. Too bad I didn't have email alert. GTBANK telling me cock and bull story.
Why not try tracking the culprit?
Re: I Keep Receiving strange Bank Alerts On My New Sim by nextstep(m): 7:05pm On Jul 22, 2020
MegaPlayBoy:

Its a relatively new sim, can I destroy it
I don't want Trouble

You might go to Access and ask them to delink it. But if it was me, I would just destroy it abeg... #300 Naira for a new sim is not worth all the wahala and tfare of going to the bank. Upon that they may not do it right and by accident EFCC will come asking for you.
Re: I Keep Receiving strange Bank Alerts On My New Sim by nextstep(m): 7:07pm On Jul 22, 2020
SenecaTheYonger:


Access banks system should be able to detect when there's a change in sim user, since the new user will register his picture and other info, it won't match with that of the bank and Access bank systems should flag it.

That's if MTN shares that info with the bank. The onus is on the previous owner to delink this number. People should do that as a security precaution anyway. But you have a good point... it would be good for these to be done automatically by the bank.
Re: I Keep Receiving strange Bank Alerts On My New Sim by Nobody: 7:09pm On Jul 22, 2020
NwaIgboBoy:
my own na girls from Kenya and Togo dey flash my line most times o, and if I call back before I even say hi my credit don finish. I come dey wounder how they got my number but I thinks maybe is because I used my phone to log on to there porn sits that's why .
. my guy no be porn site, the thing don do me once. The guy flash me , when I call back I con hear Allah Akbar, I end the call Shap Shap.. about 3secs #60 don comot. the thing pain me eh. later I con google the number , e con be say those guys dey use one special phone wey dey convert airtime to cash... so as them flash you with the foreign number, you go dey wonder how come.... then you'll be tempted to call back. Yahoo get levels my guy cheesy

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Re: I Keep Receiving strange Bank Alerts On My New Sim by ibolord(m): 7:11pm On Jul 22, 2020
chatinent:

Why not try tracking the culprit?

I am out of Naija but I sent people to track him, seems he removed the sim. The number is not going through till today.
Re: I Keep Receiving strange Bank Alerts On My New Sim by jahlove4jah: 7:15pm On Jul 22, 2020
MegaPlayBoy:

Its a relatively new sim, can I destroy it
I don't want Trouble
The sim is bow registered in you name. Go to Mtn office and lodge a complaint and have it documented. Then you can chose to discard it or to keep using it.

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