As the federal government struggles to contain the menace caused by internet fraudsters, it continues to intensify, especially among youths in the past six years. Recently this month, the world marked the Safer Internet Day. This saw agencies of the federal government once more beaming their searchlights on potential areas where fraudsters target to defraud unsuspecting members of the public.
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) together with other ministries, agencies and departments have attempted enlightening the public on activities of these fraudsters who are capable of hacking into online platforms to wreck havoc.
The NCC earlier in September 2021 urged all telecom consumers to be at alert while using any social platform and remain wary of the wiles of fraudsters and other unscrupulous persons. In an alert to telecom consumers, it mentioned what it called a new high risk and extremely damaging malware called Flubot in a press statement signed by NCC’s director for Public Affairs, Dr Ikechukwu Adinde.
The release further revealed that Flubot impersonates Android mobile banking applications to draw fake web view on targeted applications. Its goal transcends stealing personal data and essentially targets stealing of credit card details or online banking credentials.
Other high risk internet fraud malware’s include,
TangleBot, a short messaging service-based malware that infects Android…
