An account holder with the First City Monument Bank (FCMB), Mr. Saka Adebayo Jimoh, has demanded the bank to as a matter of urgency and necessity returned his N300,000.00 that was illegally and fraudulently transferred to a WEMA bank account from his account.
Towards this end, Jimoh is requesting the FCMB to return his money without further delay since the money was clearly stolen from his account.
In a petition he wrote to the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Jimoh explained that the movement of money from his account to an unknown account with WEMA Bank took place at a time he changed his phone to a new one.
According to him; I wanted to transfer the sum of N400,000 to someone and it did not go through. I then called FCMB Customer Service Centre and a lady attended to me by giving me my username which was missing from my new phone.
“I was able to open my App back but still could not make the needed transfer. I had to call back after a few minutes and this time around, a young man answered me requesting what I wanted.
“I told him I wanted to transfer #400,000 and it is not going through. He told me that I can only transfer N50,000 unless I go to the bank to register my new phone so as to return my transfer limit to N5 million.
“He said that in the alternative, he will help me transfer the N400,000 by sending me a code which he sent immediately but I refused to act on the code because I suspected him as a fraudster.
“I then entered my room and put on outing clothes to enable me visit the bank branch at Adura, Agbado.
However, on my way to the Bank, I got a debit alert for N200,000 and before I could get to the bank, another debit alert of N100,000.00 was received by me and my App was suddenly blocked.
“I quickly raise alarm as soon as I entered the bank and I was made to write all that transpired which I did. The following day, I went to the Agege branch to complain and submitted the letter again.
“It was at Agege branch that I was told that the money was transferred to WEMA Bank at Sabo branch, Lagos State and I started sending emails to FCMB and I was asked to wait for 30 days with a promise that action was going on to repatriate my money back from WEMA bank.
“But, when I couldn’t get the needed results, I decided to send emails to the CBN fraud desk and I am yet to get a response till now,” he said.
Jimoh explained that he was taken aback as he did not disclose any information regarding his account, PIN, or Card number with anyone, stressing that it was clear that the theft of his money was an inside job by FCMB staff.
Jimoh further said; “I am so disappointed in FCMB. My money was stolen by a staff of the Bank and all I am demanding from the bank is a refund of my stolen money.
“I am even more surprised that all the correspondences I sent to the CBN and FCMB fraud desk giving details of the Bank alert statements and how the money was moved were not responded to.
“As I speak, no action has been taken by both the CBN and the FCMB. I am convinced beyond all reasonable doubt that the fraud was perpetrated by one of FCMB staff, who transferred the money to a WEMA Bank account. There must be a syndicate and connivance to be able to carry out such act.
“The syndicate gang possibly has BVN, NIN, and other relevant documents with which they opened another account with WEMA bank.
“The question remains why the FCMB is unable to trace the culprit within and among its staff,” Jimoh enthused.
