{"id":73084,"date":"2020-04-28T21:02:47","date_gmt":"2020-04-28T20:02:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=73084"},"modified":"2020-04-28T21:02:47","modified_gmt":"2020-04-28T20:02:47","slug":"covid-19-efcc-raises-the-alarm-on-fake-lockdown-funds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/other-news\/covid-19-efcc-raises-the-alarm-on-fake-lockdown-funds\/","title":{"rendered":"Covid 19:\u00a0 \u00a0 EFCC Raises the Alarm on Fake Lockdown Funds"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has cautioned<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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members of the public against fraudulent activities of spurious
\ndispenser and manager of funds to vulnerable Nigerians, ostensibly to
\ncope with the discomfort associated with the lockdown measures of the
\nFederal Government in some parts of the country.<\/p>\n

The Acting Executive Chairman of the EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, who disclosed
\nthe strange development on Tuesday, April 28, 2020, added that some
\nfaceless elements are circulating ” FREE N5000 LOCKDOWN FUNDS TO SUSTAIN
\nDURING LOCKDOWN”.<\/p>\n

He said, ” The circulation of the fake funds is being carried out online
\nthrough a phishing link via WhatsApp.\u00a0 The link is embedded with a link
\ntitled\u00a0https:\/\/bit.ly\/free-N5000<\/a>. Whenever the link is clicked, it would
\nredirect recipients of the message to a phishing website address
\nhttps:\/\/fg-free-funds.blogspot.com<\/a>. Visitors to this fraudulent website
\nwill find an online questionnaire from which they must respond in order
\nto trigger the phishing”.<\/p>\n

According to Magu, the phishing website is curiously hosted on a Google
\nserver. “However, registration information of the website is being
\ninvestigated and members of the public are advised to be wary of any
\nLockdown Funds dressed in any suspicious garb”, he added.<\/p>\n

It would be recalled that, the EFCC,\u00a0 had in a recent release, cautioned
\nNigerians against fake cures and donations, especially fake charities
\nspringing up purporting to offer guidelines on donations to government
\nand ordinary Nigerians in a bid to cope with the discomfort arising out
\nof the Covid-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n

Magu reiterates the commitments of the EFCC to monitor closely the
\nantics of fraudsters cashing in on the government lockdown directives to
\nperpetrate criminal acts.\u00a0 “We would not stop bursting every scheme
\ndesigned to defraud Nigerians of their hard- earned money”, he said.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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