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LOAN REPAYMENT FRAUD
LOAN SCAM
LOTTERY SCAM
S/N |
TYPES OF FRAUD |
DESCRIPTION |
RECOMMENDED RESPONSE |
77 |
LOAN REPAYMENT FRAUD |
Obtaining by false pretense. Here fraudsters pose as genuine existing loan companies and write letters to individuals stating that they owe a particular sum or that they missed the deadline for the payment of a loan owed and should, therefore, pay the initial debt sum and a penalty sum as soon as possible. The victim pays this sum only to find out that he has been deceived. |
Report to:
1. Economic and Financial Crimes Commission
2. Nigeria Police Force |
78 |
LOAN SCAM |
When fraudsters obtain from victims by posing to be moneylenders. The victim is told that for him to be given the loan he is requesting for he must pay a particular fee to insure the loan. After he pays the fee, the victim never hears from them. |
Report to:
1. Financial Institution
2. Economic and Financial Crimes Commission
3. Central Bank of Nigeria
4. Nigeria Police Force |
78 |
LOCAL PURCHASE ORDER (LPO) SCAM |
The prospective victim is given a fake local purchase order to make supplies to a company. The victim is instructed to make the supplies to a particular warehouse, once the goods are supplied, he/she is asked to come some other day for payment. The payment is never made and the fraudsters never found. |
Report to:
1. Nigeria Police Force |
78 |
LOCAL TAX FRAUD |
This is when an individual deliberately gives false information so that the individual would pay less or no tax. |
Report to:
1. Nigeria Police Force |
79 |
LOTTERY SCAM |
When fraudsters obtain from their victims by informing the victim that he has won a large sum of money in the lottery, local or international when in reality such doesn’t exist. The victim is usually asked to pay a certain sum to claim his price or asked to give personal information that can be used for the fraudulent purpose. |
Report to:
1. Nigeria Police Force
2. National Lottery Commission |
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