{"id":3000,"date":"2022-04-26T08:25:02","date_gmt":"2022-04-26T08:25:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/?p=3000"},"modified":"2022-04-26T08:25:02","modified_gmt":"2022-04-26T08:25:02","slug":"how-fraudsters-stole-n900000-from-my-account-kogi-farmer-narrates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/how-fraudsters-stole-n900000-from-my-account-kogi-farmer-narrates\/","title":{"rendered":"How Fraudsters Stole N900,000 from My Account, Kogi Farmer Narrates"},"content":{"rendered":"
A farmer and resident of Alloma in Kogi State, Edicha Adejoh has recounted how unauthorized transactions were carried out in his First Bank account, leading to a loss of N900, 327; expressing fears over the bank’s lukewarm approach in helping him recover the money.<\/span> Backing up his story with a bank statement, the money was deducted in a series of transactions that were consummated between February 27 and 28.<\/span><\/p>\n According to the farmer, the transactions were initiated by the fraudsters while his phone was off.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cWhen I switched on my phone the following morning, I started receiving debit alerts for transactions I did not do. The transaction time started from 11 pm the previous night,\u201dAdejoh said.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cBy the time I got to First Bank, Anyingba branch, to freeze my account, I discovered that the sum of N900, 237 had already been deducted by the perpetrators of the act.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n The customer said he visited the particular bank branch three times and all they could tell him was that the money was sent to a Wema Bank account.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cThey kept telling me my money was transferred to a Wema Bank account but refused to give me the details of the recipient. They have not been helpful at all,\u201d said the farmer.<\/span><\/p>\n Adejoh said the only additional information the branch could give him was that the debit alert he received came through online transactions.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cI kept on going to the branch office but nothing positive has come out of the visits. They asked me if I shared my details, I told them I did not share any of my account details with any third party except they (the bank) who have my details,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n When Adejoh again reached out to the bank\u2019s customer care desk, he was told to obtain a court order.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cOne of the bank\u2019s customer care agent advised me to get a court order. I am to submit one copy in one of the bank\u2019s branches and submit another copy at the bank the money was sent to.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cPart of the money was kept with me and the owners have started demanding that I should give them their money,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A farmer and resident of Alloma in Kogi State, Edicha Adejoh has recounted how unauthorized transactions were carried…\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[612,34],"class_list":{"0":"post-3000","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-news","7":"tag-first-bank","8":"tag-kogi"},"yoast_head":"\n
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