Tag: FRAUD
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Registrar-General cautions public against activities of fraudsters
The Registrar-General’s Department has cautioned the public to be wary of fraudsters who use the name of the Department to solicit money from unsuspecting clients. The Department, in a statement issued, said its attention had been drawn to several complaints of fraudulent activities and scamming schemes by criminals on unsuspecting clients of the Department. It…
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We must begin interrogating bank staff over bank-related robberies – Prof. Aning
Security analyst, Prof. Kwasi Aning, believes the time has come for financial institutions to embark on rigorous scrutiny of their staff following the increasing cases of bank-related robberies in the country. He says routine checks must also be carried out on both company and personal electronic devices, used by the staff to assess information that…
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Beware of fraudsters taking advantage of our 25th anniversary promo – MTN Ghana cautions
Telcos giant, MTN Ghana, has cautioned all its esteemed customers to guard against fraudsters who may pose as ‘middlemen’ working on MTN giveaways as it celebrates its 25-anniversary with a promo. While admonishing all its customers to be wary of fraudsters who would like to take advantage of unsuspecting subscribers, the company said its promotions…
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Re-register your SIMs with Ghana Card or risk losing your phone numbers – Bawumia
Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia says plans are underway to ensure that all Ghanaians with SIM cards re-register them using the National Identification card by the middle of this year. According to him, the move is part of plans to rid the country’s cyberspace of fraud, monitor and track down persons who use their phones…
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We’ve put in stringent measures to minimize fraud – Ghana Assoc. of Bankers
The President of the Ghana Association of Bankers, Alhassan Andani, has assured the general public of safety within the banking sector despite the increase in fraud cases. This follows new figures released by the Bank of Ghana earlier this year which show that cases of fraud in the banking sector increased to 2,295 in 2020,…
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Fraud cases in banking sector increase by 5.5 percent in 2019–BoG report
New figures released by the Bank of Ghana show that fraud cases in the banking sector increased to 2,295 from 2,175, representing 5.5 percent in 2019. The marginal increase in the number of fraud cases according to the central bank could partly be attributed to the improved efforts by the Financial Stability Department to identify,…
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Stanbic bank to compensate ‘swindled’ customers
Stanbic Bank has announced it will compensate its customers who were swindled by one of its contract workers recently. According to the bank, it has launched investigations into the fraud case in which a contract worker with the bank’s Tema Community one Branch, Martha Amakye has allegedly swindled some customers to the tune of GH¢900,000.…