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Dear Editor
I found your Editorial Comment of today (15 April 2021): ‘Stolen Identities Show Need for Prudence,’ very insightful.
This is because much of the recent publicity was suggesting financial services and digital platforms had been ‘hacked’, when the real fraud has been more around false impersonation resulting in unsuspecting members of the public being conned. Unfortunately, the unsuspecting victims would voluntarily sent or transfer money to the fraudsters’ accounts, without first checking their veracity, which is why your call for public prudence is to be commended.
The recent reports actually show that the weakness is not with EcoCash or the banking systems. The huge figures reported cannot have been moved on the EcoCash platform, which now has transfer limits. And, in any case, EcoCash has publicly come out saying its systems are secure and have not been hacked or compromised.
The problem, like your Comment pointed out, are the criminals – the bad actors out there – that are pouncing on unsuspecting customers and citizens, and taking advantage of the lack of vigilance and prudence among some of them.
After your Comment, they should now not say they have not been warned.
Concerned Digital User
Online Reporter