Staff Reporter
SCARCELY a week after a farmer in the Oshikoto Region was defrauded of close to N$3 million, which was mysteriously withdrawn from her FNB accounts, another FNB client fell victim to criminals who got away with N$1.1 million.
The crime was committed at an unknown time between Wednesday and Friday when unknown suspects gained access to the FNB account of a recently retired female teacher and transferred a total amount of N$1,100,000.00 to different FNB accounts.
The police said it all started when the 60-year-old victim received a phone call from a person pretending to be a NaTIS official in Outapi, offering to assist her husband in obtaining a driver’s license.
The victim and her husband traveled to Outapi, but upon arrival, the caller declared himself too busy and referred them to someone in Oshakati. There, suspects pretending to be police officers took away her cellphone and other personal information, warning the couple not to inform anyone about the incident.
Later, when she and her spouse went to the bank, they discovered that all her money had been transferred from her account to other accounts. No recovery has been made, and no arrests have been made yet.
About a week ago, another FNB client, a 53-year-old female farmer in the Tsumeb area of Oshikoto, also fell victim to criminals, losing N$2.7 million. She received a mysterious call from someone claiming to be an FNB official, who said they had detected suspicious activity on her account and convinced her to provide the digits on her ATM card.
Moments later, the victim began receiving notifications of money being withdrawn from her business and personal accounts, eventually totaling N$2,792,033.00.
FNB has not commented on the cases.
