Don’t disclose your ATM card details, CBN warns bank customers

Abuja - The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has
cautioned bank customers against disclosing their
Debit (ATM) Card details to fraudsters who send out
fake SMS messages.

This is contained in a statement made available to
Newsmen by the acting Director of
Communications, CBN, Mr Isaac Okorafor on
Thursday in Abuja.

The ATM cards
The statement warned customers not to reply text
messages from individuals pretending to be
Customer Care representatives of the CBN, asking
for Personal Identification Numbers or Bank
Verification Numbers.

"Those messages and calls are intended to lure
bank account holders to reveal their personal details
which the fraudsters could use to defraud them.

"The public is therefore warned that neither the CBN,
deposit money banks nor their employees or agents
would ever call bank customers or send email, text
messages requesting for passwords or cards'
details.

"Bank customers are therefore advised to personally
visit their banks for any issue requiring disclosure
of personal bank details," it stated.