SAN FRANCISCO, January 11, (THEWILL) – The National Identity Management Commission, NIMC has alerted the public to a fake mobile app that claims to help link the National Identity Number to SIM cards.
In a post on its Twitter handle, NIMC dissociated itself from the NIN-LINKER app, saying it is run by fraudsters who use it to harvest people’s NIN and Bank Verification Number.
“The app was not created by NIMC or the Federal Government of Nigeria. It is run by fraudsters who are currently harvesting people’s NINs and BVNs by default”, NIMC said.
The Commission advised people to protect their data and stop disclosing personal information to unauthorised persons or platforms.
NIMC has recently said that its mobile app can be used to link seven SIM cards to one NIN.
This was disclosed by the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Pantami, during an interview with Channels Television’s Politics Today programme, recently.
“We developed an app, when you go online, you will see it. That app, as long as you have your NIMC number, you will only download it without visiting any office. You will be able to link up to seven SIM numbers to only one. I have already downloaded the app, launched the app, and already linked some of my numbers immediately. This is part of digitalisation,” he said.
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