MTN Nigeria has warned its customers to beware of a form of deception that is being perpetrated by individuals intent on duping unsuspecting telephone subscribers.
According to MTN, the deception which has been noticed in jurisdictions outside Nigeria, is similar to ‘phishing’ and its sole aim is to mislead telephone subscribers into divulging personal information that could later be used to defraud them.
In the latest incidents, the individuals behind the deception initiate calls to telephone subscribers, purporting to be staff of a telecom service provider and request sensitive personal information from the telephone subscribers.
Unsuspecting subscribers who willingly provide information will subsequently become victims of illegal SIM swaps, paving the way for online banking fraud and international calling theft.
