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X0012:
Blame it on fakes apps and loan apps who fail to protect their user's information.

exactly! Even some government owned apps are guilty of this. I once reported a security flaw I found on one of the websites owned by the Federal Government, and the helpdesk agent thanked me for it. Till tomorrow they haven't bothered fixing it.

If you know where to look on the site, you'd be able to see other people's data (name, DOB, BVN, phone number, etc) that you have no business seeing. It's sad and annoying at the same time.

X0012:
Blame it on fakes apps and loan apps who fail to protect their user's information.

not really never used a loan app or any other app that will require me to reveal my BVN.

OgogoroFreak:
when i registered for national ID card, I don't even have bvn then.

It is compulsory for the new ID card

G-boys! The ones Baba referred to as “Lazy Youths”

Even the perpetrators are on this forum and this thread reading/commenting.

It is a requirement for NIN. The database are linked to each other.
If you have a BVN already, you can check your NIN by dialing a code from the phone number registered with your account even without registering for the NIN. Summary is if you have a BVN, you already have an auto generated NIN.

Naija246:
fraudsters no invade anything.
Alot of Nigerians are being tricked by various apps on the play store to reveal their bvn...most of these apps are run by criminal networks all over the world.

Some unscrupulous people are also tricking Nigerians to give up their bvn when registering for national ID.
My gf was asked to provide her bvn when she went to register her national ID recently.
Fortunately for her she called me and I advised against giving it up.


Someone should correct me if I'm wrong but is bvn number now a requirement for registering a national ID card?

Banks are not the only institutions that have access to BVN data.Other organizations, including NIMC also use BVN data.But people really need to understand that BVN is just a form of identification. That someone knows your bvn,date of birth etc is not a reason for You to foolishly divulge your ATM card number or PIN to the person. No bank will ever ask for your ATM PIN

Exc2000:



Local Scammers should be beaten to death and their corpse donated as cadaver to a teaching Hospital so that their scrotum sac could be dissected in a pratical lab session

Not only is Nigeria poverty capital of the world, with 30% unemployment rate, GDP per capita of less than $2,028.18 USD you still want to scam Nigeria Ogun go kee you, your mate are scamming US, Australia , UAE all with over $50,000 USD GDP per capita with little or no poverty

Anyways, to the O.P, its not about bank compromise, its called Data Mining using webcrwlers , this is how big tech company stay afloat by selling user data to willing buyers, all the forms (Registration forms etc) you have filled online on sites that use browser cockies are mined, a smart guy just need to use his social engineering skills to skim out data from you

with a Software program that cost less than $100 Pro Email and Contacts Extractor, and a good Bulk SMS site that can bypass DND (do not disturb) you are good to go for this evil useless poverty scam

Bankers don't have time for this kind of children, I never chop scam.. bankers do account flashing and clearing, which banker would be chasing change and risking his or her job over peanut scam, when he seats all day infront of finacle software and Turnkey

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Thump up bro

jesmond3945:
any experience

What experience are you referring to?

Noted God will punish all fraudster anywhere ,

Years ago I got my bvn and opened an account. Two days later i got a call from these fraudsters. It's either the bankers are scamming their customers or the banks are carelessly disposing sensitive info. Funny enough the voice of the scammer & banker that opened my account were the same

Fraudsters won't call you if they knew you are broke as f**k.
Don't empower them

They're learning from Obasa

Hustle oh so that you wouldn't reveal your Bvn and bank details to loan apps on play store and
May we not stay broke for too long so that we wouldn't bethinking of borrowing money form strange apps that would drain your phone battery with different calls

The problem is there are many databases that are asking for BVN these days. If any of them gets compromised the whole system becomes compromised. An example is the NIMC data base.

cassyrooy:
Even the UK but I think they can trail money easily over there and they aren't having the level of fraudulent individuals everywhere like here in Nigeria.

Yes that is the only thing helping here.. That is why Nigeria should have records of its citizens, improve its security measures to curb fraud menace

WetSmoke:
It is real. A neighbor was also called. They told her she will receive a code which she did. She called out the code to them and that was all. Her money was wiped. She didn't even divulge any card details.

Gullible Nigerians everywhere.

Scammers only needed authentication and he got it your neighbour reading out the number to him

Rader4001xxx:
https://flixxstream..com

Na your brothers dem de talk about and you want come put another cd to distract people.

Scammers everywhere.

Yes

My BVN is in the hands of scammers..

Last year October, a scammer called me and had my DOB, BVN ,Full name and other details... I was awestruck but I almost fell for the scam cos I was wondering how he got my BVN and other details... If not for intelligence,i immediately dropped the call and headed to the bank... The bankers were all nervous... Some instinct in me told me someone in the bank knew about the scam cos I just opened the account about five weeks before he called and had lots of funds in it... They promised to investigate.. I left the bank..

As I got home, I logged online and bought bitcoin with all the money I had in that account.


If you believe your BVN is safe, you must be tripping.

Ayemileto:
Do you use first bank?

In most cases, it's the bank that gives out details of users to fraudsters.

It only happens when you have a reasonable sum of money in your account.

They'll never ever call broke people.

this explains why I'm never called. My account balance Na jamb score

Naija246:
fraudsters no invade anything.
Alot of Nigerians are being tricked by various apps on the play store to reveal their bvn...most of these apps are run by criminal networks all over the world.

Some unscrupulous people are also tricking Nigerians to give up their bvn when registering for national ID.
My gf was asked to provide her bvn when she went to register her national ID recently.
Fortunately for her she called me and I advised against giving it up.


Someone should correct me if I'm wrong but is bvn number now a requirement for registering a national ID card?

My brother that's what this rogue government has recently introduce o.

BVN has now become MTN - every where you go

Rader4001xxx:
https://flixxstream..com

is this how you want to promote your cheap blog? Maybe you should start with your mum's nude

Somebody here is saying too much

Naija246:
fraudsters no invade anything.
Alot of Nigerians are being tricked by various apps on the play store to reveal their bvn...most of these apps are run by criminal networks all over the world.

Some unscrupulous people are also tricking Nigerians to give up their bvn when registering for national ID.
My gf was asked to provide her bvn when she went to register her national ID recently.
Fortunately for her she called me and I advised against giving it up.


Someone should correct me if I'm wrong but is bvn number now a requirement for registering a national ID card?

Of course, it is required

KINGTELLER:


Yes that is the only thing helping here.. That is why Nigeria should have records of every of its citizens to curb this fraud menace

Last month, I got their call on a Monday, I gave them nothing, they called on Thursday, I gave them made up card number for an account I don't have ATM card for and on Friday of that same week, they called me again while I was still sleeping in the morning, I just threw the phone one side without ending their call.

My point is with bvn alone, they can't extract money from your account, except you give further sensitive info.

my friend used one app three days ago to get all my bvn informations immediately I gave him my bvn number everything came out except my date of birth

Many desperate Nigerians played into their hands during this COVID-19 lockdown, they willingly submitted their details to this links for Awuff.

Awuff wey dey run belle

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