ALERT CBN warns of fraudulent loan offers - ITREALMS

ITREALMS: 

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), has raised an alarm over fraudulent messages on the social media requesting loan seekers and owners of small-scale businesses to apply for loans provided by the Federal Government through an e-mail address (empowermentcbnloan@gmail.com) purportedly being handled by CBN, reports ITREALMS.

A disclaimer from the CBN, made available to ITREALMS and endorsed by Isaac Okorafor, Director, Corporate Communications on Monday, August 26, noted that while the bank, “indeed, has several development finance intervention programmes from which different categories of businesses have benefited (and still benefit), the Bank does not do so through direct interaction with prospective applicants.”

“For the avoidance of doubt, there are clearly spelt out procedures for accessing CBN intervention funds, which are disbursed through Participating Financial Institutions, PFIs, such as Deposit Money Banks, DMBs, Development Finance Institutions, DFIs, and Microfinance Banks, MFBs.

“Members of the public, particularly youth and owners of small-scale businesses, are therefore advised to disregard any message requesting them to send their personal details, including mobile phone numbers, to emails such as empowermentcbnloan@gmail.com or any other one that may be contrived. These messages are fake and anyone who enters into correspondence with them does so at his or her own risk.

“Prospective applicants are advised to approach their respective banks or the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, branch nearest to them for clarification on the procedure for accessing any of the CBN-related loans,” he said.

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