An artisan, Clancy Owie narrated how United Bank for Africa (UBA), fraudulently moved N200,000 from his account which was debited twice for a transaction he did not initiate.
When he contacted the bank, they told him to wait for 23 working days.
UNKNOWN TRANSFER
Speaking with FIJ on Monday, Owie said he received two N100,000 debit alerts of transfers to a Sportybet account on Thursday.
“My account was debited twice on Thursday. N100,000 each into Sportybet, which I know nothing about,” he said.
“I don’t have anything to do with Sportybet. I am not a gambler. So, I don’t know how the transaction with Sportybet came about. But the transaction was done with Sportybet.”
The transfers totalled N200,107.
Owie also told FIJ that he had planned to use the deducted funds to buy materials for work. “This money is for work. I wanted to use it to buy materials,” he said.
UBA’S RESPONSE
After contacting UBA on Friday, the bank told him to wait for 23 working days. “The bank said I should wait for 23 working days. They said it was transferred through mobile transfer to a Sportybet account. That they are working on it. That was all they could say,” he said.
On Friday, FIJ phone and texted UBA. They sent an automated reply in response. FIJ hasn’t received a follow-up response at press time.
