The Ghana Chamber of Telecommunications has urged the public not to provide their Ghana cards to others in order for them to register their Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) cards.
The Chamber issued the warning after raising concerns about MoMo fraud, which has recently increased dramatically.
According to the Chamber, MoMo scammers have invented new and diversified methods of scamming customers, so users should be cautious of their trickery.
Dr. Ken Ashigbey, CEO of the Chamber of Telecommunications, said in an interview at a stakeholder engagement in Elmina in the Central Region on Wednesday that these MoMo fraudsters have resorted to using the Ghana cards of innocent victims to register new SIM cards, which they then use in their operations.
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He stated that there is a coordinated effort between the Ghana Police Service, several banks, and the cybersecurity section to arrest and punish anyone who engage in MoMo fraud.
Dr. Ashigbey further emphasised that the Chamber, in collaboration with other stakeholders, is striving to guarantee that the issue of MoMo fraud is quickly resolved.
“There is a MoMo fraud which is very pervasive. What we’ve done is that now the IGP has called a meeting with all the Telcos, all the banks, and then he is working on a concerted plan. Because already as a chamber, we have a platform where when anybody defrauds you, steals your device, and you report it, the telco in particular will investigate. If they find it to be true, they will block the person. We are now liaising with the cybercrime unit. We don’t only do that. After blocking, they put it on the platform and then you are blocked.” “And now with the partnership with the IGP and because we have the Ghana card, we will now be able to arrest. But the unfortunate thing is that the fraudsters are using people’s Ghana cards to register these SIMs, and then they do these frauds. So please we beg you, don’t allow anybody to use your Ghana card to register their SIMs, when you do that you put yourselves at risk,” he stated.
SOURCE: CITINEWS
