EFCC alerts on new trend in cyber crime and Cell phone frauds

EFCC alerts on new trend in cyber crime

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has warned that responding to enquiries on cell phones and emails regarding bank details or Automated Teller Machine (ATM) information could be a way of giving hackers and identity thieves tickets to dupe. According to EFCC investigations, hackers have adopted a new pattern called "phishing" by which they hack into people's bank accounts and personal data to steal identities and commit fraud. The Commission has therefore cautioned people not to respond to any enquiries asking them to give certain information to update their banking details or electronic card data. According to the Head, Media and Publicity of the Commission, Mr. Femi Babafemi, this is a strategy used by scammers to hack into people's bank accounts. And to buttress the seriousness of the issue, the Commission on Wednesday paraded a suspect, Lawrence Henry Eromosele who allegedly hacked into the email of a federal lawmaker, from where he accessed the contact details of the lawmaker's travel agent in Dubai and perpetrated the fraud before he was nabbed.