{"id":1486,"date":"2017-11-03T00:36:41","date_gmt":"2017-11-03T00:36:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/?p=1486"},"modified":"2017-11-03T01:01:22","modified_gmt":"2017-11-03T01:01:22","slug":"cbn-warns-nigerians-about-419ers-cammers-fraudsters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/cbn-warns-nigerians-about-419ers-cammers-fraudsters\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Beware of 419ers, scammers, fraudsters&#8221; &#8211; CBN warns Nigerians"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"head-image thumb-wrap\">\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"entry-thumb img-responsive wp-post-image\" src=\"http:\/\/www.businessdayonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/CBN-Building-560x390.jpg\" alt=\"CBN warns public of scammers, fraudsters\" width=\"560\" height=\"390\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<header>\n<div class=\"breadcrumb hidden-xs\">\u00a0<span class=\"fa-calendar\">Press Release<\/span><\/div>\n<p class=\"post-meta clearfix\"><span class=\"fa-calendar\">November 3, 2017<\/span><\/p>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article-post-content\">\n<p>The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has advised members of the public to be wary of scammers, take every necessary step to verify claims by persons purporting to be acting on behalf of the Bank and report any suspicious transaction to the law enforcement agencies or CBN branch nearest to them.<\/p>\n<p>The warning is as a result of a scam being perpetrated by some fraudulent persons whereby unsuspecting members of the public are diverted to a fake website purported to belong to the Central Bank of Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement signed by Isaac Okorafor, acting director, corporate communications, the CBN said There is the danger of these fraudsters extorting money from victims based on false claims that the payments made are to either guarantee or secure loans from the various intervention Funds of the Bank.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe wish to state as follows: That the only website created and maintained by the Central Bank of Nigeria for its engagement with stakeholders is: www.cbn.gov.ng; The CBN DOES NOT charge any fee from those desirous of accessing funds from its various intervention programmes\u201d, the CBN said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0Press Release November 3, 2017 The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has advised members of the public to be wary of scammers, take every necessary step to verify claims by persons purporting to be acting on behalf of the Bank and report any suspicious transaction to the law enforcement agencies or CBN branch nearest to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[66],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>&quot;Beware of 419ers, scammers, fraudsters&quot; 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