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EFCC Warns Nigeria Students On Penalties Against Internet Fraud

The Economic Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) has warned the Nigerian students…

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The Economic Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) has warned the Nigerian students to detest from all forms of internet fraud.

VerseNews Nigeria reports that Executive Chairman of the EFCC, Mr Abdulrasheed Bawa through Its spokesman, Mr Wilson Uwujaren made the warning at the inauguration of Zero Tolerance Club at Baze University, Abuja on Thursday April 6, 2023.

Bawa advised undergraduates to channel their creative ideas into something lucrative instead of engaging in dishonest and dubious means of cheating others of their resources

He warned that the penalties against internet fraud were stiff and enjoined students to avoid all temptations that might lead them to join fraudsters.

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“Every variant of internet fraud such as romance scam, business email compromise, hacking, impersonation, FOREX scam and others are corrupt practices and you must not engage in them.

“As undergraduates, you are expected to channel your creative energies into useful engagements and not into dishonest and dubious means of cheating others of their resources,’’ he warned.

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The commission emphasized on the importance of joining the club and urged the students to take part in the Operational Manual for Integrity and Zero Tolerance Clubs which he presented to the school as a guide for the club’s activities.

EFCC’s Head, Enlightenment and Reorientation Unit, Hajia Aisha Mohammed, also told the students that the essence of the club was to inculcate virtues of integrity, honesty, discipline, tolerance and patriotism in them.

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Responding, the Registrar of the University, Mr Ibrahim Mohammed, emphasised the essence of being upright and charged the students to avoid crimes and criminality at all costs.

“There is nothing more important than integrity. Integrity may not give you money today, but it is going to put you on the path of success.

“Money always comes. It may not come in your early life, but if you work hard with integrity and you are steadfast, you will succeed; you will make money than you ever believed in your life.

“You will be able to afford all the things you want and walk with your head high up as an important and respected member of society, without engaging in fraud,’’ Mohammed charged.

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