🚨 Fraudulent Activities & New Tactics
Scammers are using the official portrait of the COAS as their profile picture while engaging unsuspecting individuals in online meetings via Zoom, WhatsApp, and Facebook.
⚠️ Modus Operandi of the Fraudsters:
🔸 Fixing fake virtual meetings under the guise of official Army engagements
🔸 Requesting participants to share numbers displayed on their screens
🔸 Individually engaging participants and defrauding them
📞 Fraudulent Numbers Identified
The Nigerian Army has flagged the following phone numbers as being frequently used by the fraudsters:
📌 09033949238 | 09075323836 | 09074272745 | 08169257155 | 08064561495
📌 08054138812 | 09161521558 | 09026515718 | 09020898622 | 08131333263
📌 09077188584 | 08084529752 | 08147409236 | 09136497898 | 09024627712
📌 07010119398 | 09138997224 | 09061549129 | 08163593764 | 07035272009
📌 09018150412 | 08093524443 | 08088120581
🛑 Public Advisory & Army Response
🔹 Avoid engaging in any online meetings organized under the COAS name or image
🔹 Do not share personal information or numbers requested during such meetings
🔹 Report suspicious activities to the Nigerian Army via the toll-free call center number: 📞 193
Major General Onyema Nwachukwu, Director of Army Public Relations, emphasized that the Army has well-established communication protocols that do not involve social media meetings with the public.
🔥 Stay Alert, Stay Safe
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