Internet Fraudsters Now Connive With POS Operators To Rob Nigerians- EFCC

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has alerted on a merging trend involving Point On Sales (POS) operators conniving with internet fraudsters to rob Nigerians.

The Head of Gombe Zonal Office, Babashani Umar Sanda disclosed this while receiving in audience the Controller of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) in Gombe state, Alhaji Shehu Goringor and his team in Gombe.

“I am quite pleased to have you here having noted the existing cordial relationship between EFCC and the CBN especially in the area of exchange of information and the need to further strengthen it for our mutual benefit and that of our country.

“This visit is timely as it gives me the opportunity to report to you an emerging trend involving Mobile Money Operators, which we commonly call POS, in abetting crimes especially cybercrimes where they are used to scam gullible Nigerians in connivance with internet fraudsters known as Yahoo Yahoo boys,” he said.

Sanda charged banks operating across the country to put in place water-tight mechanism to regulate and monitor activities of Mobile Money/Point of Sale (POP) Operators.

Earlier, Goringor said they were at EFCC to solidify the already existing relationship between the two organisations and to equally solicit EFCC’s assistance in the areas of training and sensitisation.