Anti-corruption and elections / EFCC

Public Alert on New Fraudulent Promo Scam

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, views with great concern a rising fraudulent scheme newly perfected by fraudsters to defraud Nigerians of their hard-earned money and considers it imperative to alert Nigerians to be wary of ubiquitous foreign airlines’ ticketing discount promos. The scheme involves the use of malware to gain unauthorized access to the account information of unsuspecting victims. Teasers like “ Promo”, “ Investment Windows” and other baits are usually employed to make their victims volunteer their account information through which fraudsters execute transacti…