Fraud: CBN raises alarm over fake eNaira Social Media handles, eNaira App goes down on Playstore

 Fraud: CBN raises alarm over fake eNaira Social Media handles, eNaira App goes down on Playstore

By Dayo Badmus, 

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has alerted the public about fake social media handles of eNaira.

President Muhammadu Buhari launched the country’s digital currency on Monday.

In a statement on Wednesday, the apex bank said impostors are already defrauding people.

“Following the formal launch of the eNaira on Monday, October 25, 2021, the attention of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has been drawn to criminal and illegal activities of some individuals and a fraudulent twitter handle, @enaira_cbdc purported to belong to the Bank.

“The impostor handle and fraudulent persons have been posting messages related to the eNaira with the intent of wooing unsuspecting Nigerians with claims that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), among other falsities, is disbursing the sum of 50 Billion eNaira currency.

“These impostors are bent on defrauding innocent and unsuspecting members of the public through the links attached to their messages for application to obtain eNaira wallets and become beneficiaries of the said 50 billion eNaira currency.

“For the avoidance of doubt, the Central of Nigeria (CBN) is not the owner of that twitter handle (@enaira_cbdc) and indeed suspended its presence on Twitter following the Federal Government’s Ban.

“In effect, the Bank is not disbursing eNaira currency to citizens. To this end, members of the public are hereby warned to be wary of fraudsters who have resolved to take advantage of unsuspecting Nigerians.

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“Members of the public should always endeavor to seek clarifications on information about the eNaira either by visiting the eNaira website: www.enaira.gov.ng or calling the eNaira contact centre on 080069362472 or visiting any CBN Branch nearest to them.

“For clarity, the current official social media handles of the eNaira are: www.facebook.com/myenaira; www.instagram.com/myenaira and www.youtube.com/myenaira

“Any suspicious activity by members of the public should be reported to the CBN using helpdesk@enaira.gov.ng or to relevant law enforcement agencies.”

Meanwhile, in another development, the eNaira speed wallet application went down from google Play store barely 48 hours after the digital currency was launched on Monday.

sources at the CBN said, the application was upgraded due to the huge traffic it has attracted making Google to bring it down before the CBN could upload the new one.

The CBN assured that the new app will be up and running very soon on Google Playstore.

eNaira is a digital currency issued by the CBN. It’s a digital form of the naira that is housed in a secured wallet called the eNaira wallet.

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