The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Nigeria has
alerted the public about ongoing fraud attempts targeting investors and the
online community.
These scammers are impersonating the Director General of the
Commission, Emomotimi Agama, in an effort to deceive individuals into sharing
personal information and making unauthorized payments.
SEC Nigeria Warns Public
The Commission has emphasized that neither the Director
General nor any staff member will request personal information regarding
investments through online platforms, phone calls, or emails. The public is
urged to verify the identity of anyone claiming to be from SEC Nigeria.
Official communications from the Commission will always come
from verified email addresses, the official website, social media handles, and
phone numbers. SEC Nigeria advises the public to stay vigilant and report any
suspicious activities to the appropriate authorities.
Impersonation Fraud Alerts: CySEC, FSMA
Earlier, the Cyprus
Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) has issued a warning about
fraudsters impersonating its employees, as reported by Finance Magnates. This time, a fake
Instagram account, cysec_cy, with over 14,100 followers, has been identified.
The account fraudulently offered dispute resolution services
to traders, redirecting them to the genuine CySEC website but using a
misleading email address that closely resembles the CySEC domain.
This warning followed an alert from CySEC about individuals
falsely presenting themselves as CySEC officers and creating counterfeit
websites with similar names. CySEC urges the public to remain vigilant against
these scams.
Last year, Belgium’s Financial Services and Markets
Authority (FSMA) issued
a warning about increasing impersonation fraud. Fraudsters used the FSMA’s
name and logo to deceive consumers and engage in recovery room fraud.
They pretended to be regulatory employees, contacting
investment fraud victims with promises of recovering their losses in exchange
for a fee. The FSMA identified three fraudulent email addresses used to trap
victims, which were cleverly designed to mimic the regulator’s domain.
This article was written by Tareq Sikder at www.financemagnates.com.
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