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It’s terrible what all this Islamistt can do

A colleague at work using Access Bank almost fell for the same scam. They told her her birthday and asked her to call the number on her ATM card so they can rectify the issue.
Thank God I was there to stop her midway.

You were really vigilant.

I Don't know how Heartless these scammers are!

You feel nothing to Rob your fellow human of his funds..

This is how u Mortagage your destiny and that of your Unborn seed!

Thanks for the tips

When one called me and used this same format, I knew it was a scam immediately and questioned him repeatedly. When I eventually asked which account exactly he was even discussing about, he got angry and said my grandfather's account. I laughed ehn.

Go to the banking hall
Don't answer any funny calls

Some of them are here reading this thread

Dem full here o. Dey read comments.

They are on nairaland, facebook, and twitter. Awoof seekers on social medias, be guided...

Simple your bank will never call you. Immediately someone say he is calling from ur bank just know it's scam

Oga d person know u

BluntNigerian:
Scammers are now using the “Date of Birth” Lies to Scam innocent citizens.

Once they have your account number, they can proceed to hack the systems and get your BVN, and from there, they can get your name, address, date of birth, and so on.

And every information you ask of them as confirmation, they will just give it to you, so that you would think that they are genuine.

.....
On Thursday around 4:45pm, one Adebola called me with an ordinary number instead of the usual 0700-300-0000 that Access Bank usually call people with.

He said that he is calling me from the Access Bank Headquarters. He mentioned my correct name for me, and I concurred.

He then went ahead to tell me that the date of birth on my “account” in Access Bank is different from the DOB in my BVN (But I have more than one accounts with Access Bank, so he didn't specify which account he was referring to). He then told me that he needed to know which one out of the two dates are correct so he can correct it.

I asked him to break everything down with figures. He called out my correct DOB and said that it was the DOB on my Access Bank Account. He then called the same DOB and changed the year of birth, and said that it was the DOB on my BVN.

Habbaa!!.
I asked him to explain to me how that could ever be possible. He said that maybe the person that was entering the values made the typo error while feeding my information into the system.
He then told me not to worry, that they can correct it directly from the head-office, that a code will be sent to me to confirm that I am the one, so as to give them permission to....

I cut in immediately telling him that I will go to my bank first thing on Friday morning to rectify it.
He asked me “what sir?”, and I repeated myself again.
He dropped the call immediately.

I went to my bank on Friday to rectify the said error in the DOB, but got disappointed to discover that there was no error on the DOB.
In fact, every single information on my BVN-Page was correct.

The officer that attended to me at the bank told me that I did the right thing by coming to the bank.
..
That's the number that called me, and that is his name on Truecaller. (In the picture attached)
But he came across to me as Adebola.
The number is registered with fake information, just for the sake of fraud.

This is a wake up call to Nigerians to be security conscious.

Fraudsters are developing new technique to penetrate strong walls.

Na so one called me and said frm access bank (bank wey I no dey patronise sef) say my acct get issue I just dey laff so he cut d call. I called back wit bonus credit and behold a lady was underground saying dis one no click jare make dem try anoda person. I swear for dem very well

It's new to you sir
But it has been in existence since 2 years now

BluntNigerian:
Scammers are now using the “Date of Birth” Lies to Scam innocent citizens.

Once they have your account number, they can proceed to hack the systems and get your BVN, and from there, they can get your name, address, date of birth, and so on.

And every information you ask of them as confirmation, they will just give it to you, so that you would think that they are genuine.

.....
On Thursday around 4:45pm, one Adebola called me with an ordinary number instead of the usual 0700-300-0000 that Access Bank usually call people with.

He said that he is calling me from the Access Bank Headquarters. He mentioned my correct name for me, and I concurred.

He then went ahead to tell me that the date of birth on my “account” in Access Bank is different from the DOB in my BVN (But I have more than one accounts with Access Bank, so he didn't specify which account he was referring to). He then told me that he needed to know which one out of the two dates are correct so he can correct it.

I asked him to break everything down with figures. He called out my correct DOB and said that it was the DOB on my Access Bank Account. He then called the same DOB and changed the year of birth, and said that it was the DOB on my BVN.

Habbaa!!.
I asked him to explain to me how that could ever be possible. He said that maybe the person that was entering the values made the typo error while feeding my information into the system.
He then told me not to worry, that they can correct it directly from the head-office, that a code will be sent to me to confirm that I am the one, so as to give them permission to....

I cut in immediately telling him that I will go to my bank first thing on Friday morning to rectify it.
He asked me “what sir?”, and I repeated myself again.
He dropped the call immediately.

I went to my bank on Friday to rectify the said error in the DOB, but got disappointed to discover that there was no error on the DOB.
In fact, every single information on my BVN-Page was correct.

The officer that attended to me at the bank told me that I did the right thing by coming to the bank.
..
That's the number that called me, and that is his name on Truecaller. (In the picture attached)
But he came across to me as Adebola.
The number is registered with fake information, just for the sake of fraud.

The issue is without internal system compromise( social engineering) it should not be possible for them to obtain Bvn just by having access to account no.

Nitin Dewan is an Indian name.

That's Nice Bro, You Have Done Well
I Hope The Bank Will Report Such To The Appropriate Security Personnels To Take The Necessary Actions

Stupid and dumb Scammers.. instead of collecting hard currency from oyibo ppl to boost our economy una dey scam una fellow 9ja people..

Wetin una wan use Yeye naira do? i repeat,oyibo na the real deal.

Na so dem be wan scam my P man. Thank God for my elder brother who was close to him.

For me eh go hard for them to scam me after knowing how my country and belike.

Never release your sensitive banking details over the phone or email. Banks don't ask for such. So if you ever get the request to so do, know that you are dealing with a fraudster. So be guided.

Scammers sef.

I had the same experience just today. The scammer called even my BVN correctly including other details.

He said the 30k federal Govt disposed could not get into my account. I played along for like 6mins until he said i should call out the digits in the ATM they gave me.

I had the idiot on record all the while until i told him to look for someone else to scam. He disappeared from my phone

Naso one idiot call me yesterday say him be NEPA staff for Abuja before, say I know remember him? He call my name sef, say e they PH now with one oil company, he wan Introduce me to one business to dey supply things. I dey for road when he call, him say make I commot from noisy area then get paper and pen note the details. I tell say no wahala make him talk I dey hear him, naso the idiot say I no serious cut call.

I just laughed send the idiot SMS insult him mama and papa

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Thanks for sharing

This was the format they used to scammed my supposed fiancee, I repeat again, my supposed fiancee ���.

Access bank?

Forget it.

That bank has to be shut.

They are notorious for stealing depositors funds and pretending it was hacked.

Access Bank would not make it beyond 2020.

Quote me anywhere.

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