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Danger Of Involuntary Disclosure Of Important Personal Information by bigfather(m): 2:07pm On Jun 19, 2009 |
[b]Though I cannot verify the authenticity of the story, I believe you can learn something from it. You might have received it before but I don't want to take chances. About a month ago, a family friend in Abuja received anonymous telephone calls and text messages demanding a ransom of NGN1,200,000, failure which he and/or members of his family would either be kidnapped or shot. No reason was given for the threat. The gang was very thorough in their details of my friend's family and his movement. They gave him the first and middle names of each of his children and his wife, which were known only to very close relatives. On one occasion, the gang gave a description of the clothes he wore on a particular day and the times he went out and came in. The recipient was advised to play along with the group while efforts were made to contact the State Security Service (SSS) and the Police. Two weeks ago, the gang issued a 48-hour ultimatum for the money to be paid. The SSS contacted the management of the commercial bank nominated by the gang for the deposit of the ransom. My friend was then advised to deposit the sum of NGN200,000 in the Abuja account. Three hours after the deposit was made, attempt was made to withdraw the money in a branch of the bank in Lagos. The bank immediately alerted the police who arrested the man and kept him incommunicado. As other members of the gang could not reach their member who was then in Police custody, they rang my friend to enquire if he reported the banking details to security agencies. When my friend enquired why they asked, he was told that they had neither seen nor heard from the man they sent to collect the ransom from the bank. The gang appeared to have bought the lie sold to them by my friend when he told them that the man might have absconded with the money. Two hours later, they sent an account in another commercial bank for the remittance of the balance ransom. The security agencies again placed alert on the account after which my friend paid in NGN200,000. Soon after the deposit was made, two men worked into a branch of the commercial bank, again in Lagos, to withdraw the money. They were both arrested and handed over to the police. All three men are now being interrogated by the FCT Command of the Nigeria Police. In the course of the investigation, it was found that all three men had been contracted by my friend to drill a borehole in his house about two months ago. While they were contstructing the borehole, my friend's wife had occasions to take them in her car to some places in Abuja to purchase materials for the works. On one occasion, she had left a file containing her school records and other personal documents on the back seat of the car. A member of the gang scanned through the file and extracted some vital personal information with the use of his mobile phone. Also, during the course of the two weeks when they drilled the borehole, they had interviewed my friend's two little children, aged four and three, to know their full names. There is so much we can learn from this incident. First, personal and sensitive information should not be left in a place where unauthorized persons could have access to them. Second, in our homes we should use only workmen who have been referenced and/or are familiar. And third, we should teach our household members to not speak to strangers.[/b] |
Re: Danger Of Involuntary Disclosure Of Important Personal Information by adconline(m): 3:19pm On Jun 19, 2009 |
happy ending |
Re: Danger Of Involuntary Disclosure Of Important Personal Information by kshow1(m): 4:38pm On Jun 19, 2009 |
Hmmm tales by moonlight |
Re: Danger Of Involuntary Disclosure Of Important Personal Information by SeanT21(f): 3:38am On Jun 20, 2009 |
Thnx for the advice. |
Re: Danger Of Involuntary Disclosure Of Important Personal Information by bigfather(m): 1:29pm On Jun 22, 2009 |
kshow1: I pray you don't experience this. Then by that time we'll title it STORY TIME ! |
Re: Danger Of Involuntary Disclosure Of Important Personal Information by Nobody: 4:25pm On Jun 22, 2009 |
Re: Danger Of Involuntary Disclosure Of Important Personal Information by biola44: 1:49pm On Jun 23, 2009 |
Re: Danger Of Involuntary Disclosure Of Important Personal Information by tpiah: 1:59pm On Jun 23, 2009 |
^crackhead |
Re: Danger Of Involuntary Disclosure Of Important Personal Information by Georgesudosen(m): 5:47pm On Jan 09, 2017 |
Wow, lesson noted: thanks fr the Tipping bigfather: 1 Like |
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