{"id":72843,"date":"2020-04-16T23:30:46","date_gmt":"2020-04-16T22:30:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=72843"},"modified":"2020-04-16T23:30:46","modified_gmt":"2020-04-16T22:30:46","slug":"protect-your-bank-details-dont-get-scammed-uba-warns-customers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/protect-your-bank-details-dont-get-scammed-uba-warns-customers\/","title":{"rendered":"Protect Your Bank Details; Don\u2019t Get Scammed; UBA warns Customers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1664140403847802995\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\">Pan African financial institution, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, has called on its customers to exercise utmost caution in their banking transactions and ensure that they do not fall prey to any nefarious activities during the Coronavirus lock down period.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Specifically, UBA has urged its customers not to divulge any sensitive personal information regarding their bank and or card details.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\">UBA\u2019s Executive Director, Retail Banking &amp; Payments, Chukwuma Nweke said the bank\u2019s attention has been drawn to some fraudulent messages making the rounds, where customers have been asked to provide their card details for disbursement of funds into their accounts. He emphasised that customers should ignore such requests\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\">\u201cSome of our customers may have received a call or message asking for their card details and Bank Validation Number (BVN) for disbursement of COVID-19 funds. Others may have also received an email informing them of bonuses of between N30,000 and N70,000 upon validation of their bank details online.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0It is important to note that these emails and messages did not originate from UBA, and we would never at any point in time ask for your account details over the telephone of via SMS, emails, live chat or social media. \u00a0We advise that you kindly delete these messages and do not entertain calls of this nature. Please also inform the bank of these incidences immediately they occur\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Nweke further stressed that personal banking details including passwords, usernames, card numbers, security numbers at the back of cards, BVN, OTPs, security answers and other sensitive information should not be shared with anyone as UBA would never ask for them online or through phone calls or text messages.<\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\">\u201cYour card is for your personal use alone, do not give out your PIN and do not share any information regarding your card with anybody; if your card is missing or stolen please contact us immediately\u2019 he said<\/span><\/p>\n<div><span lang=\"EN-GB\">In the event of doubt, please contact UBA\u2019s Customer Fulfillment Centre which is open 24\/7 on\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">0700 225 5822,+234 1280 8822,+234 1631 9822\u00a0or send an email at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:cfc@ubagroup.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">cfc@ubagroup.com<\/a>.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pan African financial institution, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, has called on its customers to exercise utmost caution in their banking transactions and ensure that they do not fall&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":65579,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72843","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Protect Your Bank Details; 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