{"id":38968,"date":"2021-01-11T14:45:51","date_gmt":"2021-01-11T14:45:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=38968"},"modified":"2021-01-11T14:45:56","modified_gmt":"2021-01-11T14:45:56","slug":"nimc-warns-nigerians-of-fake-app-by-fraudsters-to-harvest-bvn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=38968","title":{"rendered":"NIMC warns Nigerians of fake app by fraudsters to harvest BVN"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has warned Nigerians to be wary of fake National Identity Number (NIN) app created by fraudsters to harvest people\u2019s NIN and Bank Verification Numbers (BVN) by default.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NIMC disclosed this via its Twitter handle on Monday while educating Nigerians on the difference between the fake and original app.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It tweeted: \u201cThis app was not created by NIMC or the federal government, it is run by fraudsters, who are currently harvesting people\u2019s NIN and BVN by default. Protect your data and stop disclosing personal information to unauthorised persons or platforms.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ripples Nigeria had reported that the NIMC unveiled a Mobile App for the NIN enrollment, following a statement released by the media aide to the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Femi Adeluyi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to his statement, \u201cthe NIMC Mobile App, and the new NIN slip are now available for public use. The App provides a secure channel for all Nigerians and legal residents to easily verify and authenticate their identities on-the-go using smartphones. It also enables them to link the NIN to their phone numbers.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has warned Nigerians to be wary of fake National Identity Number (NIN) app created by fraudsters to harvest people\u2019s NIN and Bank Verification Numbers (BVN) by default. NIMC disclosed this via its Twitter handle on Monday while educating Nigerians on the difference between the fake and original app. It […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nNIMC warns Nigerians of fake app by fraudsters to harvest BVN » WatchDog Plus Media<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=38968\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Odofin\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=38968#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Crime\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?cat=3\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"NIMC warns Nigerians of fake app by fraudsters to harvest BVN\"}]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"NIMC warns Nigerians of fake app by fraudsters to harvest BVN » WatchDog Plus Media","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=38968","author":"Odofin","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=38968#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Crime","item":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?cat=3"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"NIMC warns Nigerians of fake app by fraudsters to harvest BVN"}]}]}},"rttpg_featured_image_url":null,"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"Odofin","author_link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?author=2"},"rttpg_comment":0,"rttpg_category":"<a href=\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?cat=3\" rel=\"category\">Crime<\/a>","rttpg_excerpt":"The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has warned Nigerians to be wary of fake National Identity Number (NIN) app created by fraudsters to harvest people\u2019s NIN and Bank Verification Numbers (BVN) by default. NIMC disclosed this via its Twitter handle on Monday while educating Nigerians on the difference between the fake and original app. It…","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38968"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=38968"}],"version-history":[{"count":-4,"href":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38968\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=38968"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=38968"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=38968"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}