Beware of fraudulent loan offers – CBN

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has warned the public against “fraudulent loan offers”, especially operators of small and medium scale enterprises.

A statement by Mr. Isaac Okorafor the Director, Corporate Communications said the loan offers are from a fraudulent websites like  [email protected] adding that the CBN doesn’t give loans to individuals.

The statement read the “attention of the CBN  been drawn to fraudulent messages in the social media circles requesting unsuspecting loan seekers and owners of  small-scale  businesses  to  apply  for  loans  provided  by  the  Federal Government  through  an  e-mail  address   ([email protected]) purportedly being handled by the CBN.”