MPB raises alarm as fraudsters target pensioners’ BVN, bank details

The Military Pension Board, MPB, has warned subject retirees and their families to beryllium alert to fraudulent schemes aimed astatine stealing their idiosyncratic and banking accusation nether the pretext of processing pension benefits.

The committee raised concerns implicit what it described arsenic an individuality theft cognition targeting pensioners and adjacent of kin crossed the country.

According to the board, fraudsters posing arsenic pension officials and agents person been attempting to get delicate accusation specified arsenic Bank Verification Numbers, BVNs, National Identification Numbers, NINs, slope relationship details and ATM paper accusation from unsuspecting retirees.

In a connection issued by the board’s Public Relations Officer, Aliyu Mohammed, the Military Pension Board disclosed that it had received respective reports involving individuals requesting confidential accusation from pensioners.

“The Board has received reports that immoderate individuals are demanding idiosyncratic details specified arsenic Bank Verification Numbers, National Identification Numbers, slope relationship details, ATM paper infor...