FRAUDSTERS THAT USUALLY SEND BVN VALIDATION SCAM SMS JAILED (PHOTOS)

Two guys named Innocent Uche Clinton and Emmanuel Okanni, hail from Orlu Ngaba Local Government Area of Imo State, have bagged six months imprisonment for defrauding people.

The convicts who were sentenced to six months imprisonment were specialized in scamming unsuspecting members of the public by sending text messages claiming to be from customer care of different Banks and telling the recipients that their transaction accounts were closed due to BVN issues and asked that they disclose their BVN in order to rectify the problem, thereby defrauding them.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC today, March 23, 2017 secured the conviction and sentences of the them before Justice Sa'ad Muhammad of the Gombe State High Court on two count charge bordering on conspiracy and theft.