NIN registration: NIMC issues fresh warning to Nigerians

The Nationwide Id Administration Fee (NIMC) has warned Nigerians to avoid a faux app that claims to assist hyperlink the Nationwide Id Quantity (NIN) to SIM playing cards.

NIMC, in a Twitter submit on Monday, dissociated itself from the app.

The company claims the app is run by fraudsters who use it to reap NIN and Financial institution Verification Quantity (BVN).

“The app was not created by NIMC or the Federal Authorities of Nigeria. It’s run by fraudsters who’re at present harvesting folks’s NINs and BVNs by default,” NIMC mentioned.

The Fee additional suggested folks to guard their knowledge and cease disclosing private data to unauthorised individuals or platforms.

Recall that final week, DAILY POST had reported {that a} cell app launched by NIMC can be utilized to hyperlink seven SIM playing cards to at least one NIN.

This was based on the Minister of Communications and Digital Financial system, Dr Isa Pantami, who spoke throughout an interview on Channels Tv’s Politics Right now programme.

NIN registration: NIMC points contemporary warning to Nigerians