By KETRA KALUNGASCORES of Civil servants in Kapiri Mposhi have been swindled of their salaries and life savings by fraudsters purporting to be Zanaco employees in a scam that was executed on the same day.The fraudster claiming to be a Zanaco employee called clients with XAPIT accounts informing them that the bank had embarked on an exercise of changing the secret code for XAPIT users from 4 to 5 digits.The unsuspecting clients then divulged their pin numbers and soon after their accounts were accessed and money withdrawn by account transfers.And Central province police commissioner, Chola Katanga confirmed the unfortunate incident and assured that his office would engage the Zambia Information and Communications Technology Authority “ZICTA” to ensure that the conmen are found and punished in accordance with the law.The Daily Nation has interviewed five of the victims who include three female nurses at Kapiri Mposhi Urban Clinic who were swindled on Tuesday and Wednesday respectively […]
CIVIL SERVANTS SWINDLED
