Lady loses over N1m to fraudsters after MTN allegedly swapped her SIM without consent
Nigerian lady known as Miss Joy has lost over one million to the hands of fraudsters after MTN allegedly swapped her sim without consent.
according to report, Miss Joy got a message from MTN that her MTN sim has been swapped. she didn't request for a sim swap and she never attempted a sim swap before.
it was gathered that the MTN sim in question is the one that has her BVN registered on and is also connected to all her bank accounts.
Miss Joy immediately called her banks (Ecobank and UBA) to block transactions from her account but she was too late. Under 15mins 1million naira was already transferred from her ECObank account, 200,000 was transferred from her UBA before it got restricted.
Read tweet below
Dear Nigerians, please disconnect your BVN and very huge accounts from your MTN @MTNNG sim card. A friend just got robbed of over N1million because MTN allowed a random user swap her sim (Full details in thread)— Touchsquare Media (@touchsquarehq) August 8, 2018
RT to create awareness please pic.twitter.com/fVm47nRGfI
So Miss Joy got a message yesterday from MTN that her MTN sim has been swapped. She did not request for a sim swap, she has never attempted a sim swap— Touchsquare Media (@touchsquarehq) August 8, 2018
Sim swap is when a new sim takes ownership of another number, transferring all old details to new sim
The MTN sim in question is thr one that has her BVN registered on and is also connected to all her bank accounts.— Touchsquare Media (@touchsquarehq) August 8, 2018
Miss Joy immediately called her banks (Ecobank and UBA) to block transactions from her account but she was too late. Under 15mins 1million naira was already transferred from her ECObank account, 200,000 was transferred from her UBA before it got restricted.— Touchsquare Media (@touchsquarehq) August 8, 2018
Apparently your details are not safe with MTN @MTNNG .— Touchsquare Media (@touchsquarehq) August 8, 2018
Your bank account is not safe
Your bvn is not safe
MTN IS A SCAM
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