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Dear ATM Card Holder,

Because of high rate of fraud,Central Bank Of Nigera CBN has decided to put extra security on all ATM Machine to secure you and your money while you use the ATM Cards for withdrawals.This measure will include an Email/SMS verification code which shall be send to your Mobile Number or Email addresses anytime your ATM Card is slot in to any ATM Machine.

As a result, you are required to Upgrade your ATM Card Informations to the new ATM Machine Code including your mobile number and email address where
verification codes will be sent.The new ATM Machine Verification codes will ensure you to have access and use of your ATM Card.Kindly assist us by filling the individual customer form,the form will be made available by clicking on http://cbnverificationonline2009.justfree.com/cbn.html

(Failure to Upgrade your ATM Card will result in ATM Machine rejecting your ATM Card,which means you will no longer be able to use your ATM Cards with any ATM machine) Be notified that all ATM Cards must be upgrade On or Before 15 August 2009.after verification and upgrading of your ATM card a 3 digit code will be sent to you within 48 hours either through phone or via email signifying that your ATM card has successfully been upgraded.

We Appreciate your prompt attention to this important message.

WARM REGARDS
Mr.Tony Ede
Assistant Director,
LAGOS OFFICE
Office Address:Tinubu Square,Lagos
Postal Address:P.M.B. 12194,Lagos.
Fax: +234(1)882 617

419 Hits Facebook

419 Hits Facebook… Nigerian ingenuity knows no bounds…

November 10, 2008 by Naija Pundit

Nigerian ingenuity knows no bounds. Instead of engaging in activities which are actually positive in nature, it seems we always look for the easy way out…

From Australia we get this interesting article….

Facebook has been infiltrated by Nigerian scammers and other cyber criminals who use compromised accounts to con users out of cash.

Now that even non-tech savvy internet users know not to respond to, or click on links in, emails from strangers, online thieves have turned to social networks and are finding it is easier to trick people when posing as their friends.

On Friday, Sydneysider Karina Wells received a Facebook message from one of her friends, Adrian, saying he was stranded in Lagos, Nigeria, and needed her to lend him $500 for a ticket home.

Adrian used relatively good English but, after chatting further, words such as "cell" instead of "mobile phone" tipped Wells off that she was not talking to her friend but someone who had taken over his account.

Using sites such as Facebook allows scammers to research and target victims more effectively and avoid having their messages blocked by spam filters, said Paul Ducklin, head of technology at Sophos Asia Pacific.

It is likely the scammer obtained Adrian's Facebook login details after he was infected with a virus delivered by email or in an infected web page.

Oh well… What goes around, comes around.

Posted by Naija Pundit

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