AUTHOR:
Wasilat Azeez
APRIL 12, 2022
11:39 AM

Scam Alert: Ncc Disowns Fake Website Offering To Unbar Sims Without Nin Linkage

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has warned Nigerians whose subscriber identity module (SIM) cards were barred from making calls to beware of a viral website offering to unblock their lines.

The agency issued the disclaimer in a statement signed by Ikechukwu Adinde, its public affairs director. Last week, the federal government directed telecommunication companies to bar outgoing calls on all unlinked lines.

Unlinked lines are SIM cards not yet linked with NIN.

So far, around 72 million unlinked SIM cards have been affected by the NIN-SIM linkage policy.

According to the statement, the commission said that affected SIMs will not be unbarred by the service providers until they are linked with the national identification numbers (NINs) of the SIM holders.

The NCC said the warning became necessary in view of the
viral weblink (https:///NCC-Sim-Unbar-Gov-Ng) being
circulated on social media and some websites.

It added that the link and accompanying narrative represent
patent misinformation and disinformation designed to mislead the general public about the SIM cards that are barred from making calls, due to non-linkage with NIN at the set deadline.

The “misleading, viral” website also displays the NCC logo and promises members of the public that by clicking the web link and following further instructions in that regard, subscribers with barred SIM cards can unbar such SIMs across mobile networks without a valid NIN.

The commission urged members of the public to disregard
the website.

“For the avoidance of doubt, the NCC wishes to state categorically that it never issued such statement, directing
subscribers or indicating that subscribers can unbar their SIM
without a NIN,” the NCC said.

“As such, the originators and peddlers of the spurious
message were out to mischievously mislead unsuspecting
members of the public and should, therefore, be disregarded
in its entirety.

“The NCC is the national regulatory authority for telecommunications in Nigeria, and it is co-driving the process of the NIN-SIM linkage with the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) as directed by the Federal Government.

“The Commission will not, under any circumstance, act contrary to Federal Government’s directive to MNOs to bar SIMs cards not linked to NINs at the expiration of the last deadline given for the NIN-SIM linkage exercise.”

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Mtchheew

This nigeria na you tube channel ,this one fake ,that one fake ,every body just wan dey find means to extort another ..when buhari says lazy youth I no blame am,but him no still correct for making that statement..

Nigeria will be great again,after all the ritualist and fraudster began to meet thier waterloo

I trust, Naija guyyz

When the head no correct... The whole body go suffer am

when them tire them go unban all the sims
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Wahala be like NIN

Spidy

Naija4love:
Sim way boys done dey unblock for long. Respect naija guys. Many sim is unblocked by smart guys in street.

i knew all this no be today

Ok. But you guys aren't trying. If the motive of blocking unregistered lines was to detect lines being used by terrorists and criminal elements, you're only chasing shadows because you know them but only pampering them and their sponsors. The longer you delay fishing them out, the closer we are to secession because were tired of all these killings. The Benue attack today is worrisome. See that baby slaughtered like a ram

Trace the tribe that is behind the website..you know that people from eastern part of Nigeria, 2nd china

Baztardz

thanks for the info

May lightening strike patami and his NIN

Ok

Mad people everywhere

Ok. It is noted.

Anything Nigerian will take advantage, the number one most controversial corn tree�.

Something is fishy

I thank God i don start making call today without linked my line mumu people una think say people go link am lie lie

2saviourfriday9:
I thank God i don start making call today without linked my line mumu people una think say people go link am lie lie

Tell us the way to follow, smart guy ?

Okay

Useless country

What about the old man and woman in the village...who don't have an inkling of what is going on.. talkless of knowing what nin is?

These pant abi whatever he calls himself is a clown. They are barring sims and they think they have arrived. The Sim owners are losing, the Telecom companies are losing, the govt is also losing because they won't be getting any more vat from the unlinked sims.

I won't be surprised if MTN and others pack up and leave one of these days. The nigerian atmosphere is strangulating for businesses..... especially since these backward pple took over.