The Mobile Money Advocacy Group Ghana says it has taken notice of some unscrupulous activities of SIM card agents who register cards for unsuspecting people.
According to the group, these agents register two of the cards, with the excuse that the first one was not successful due to network challenges. They secretly keep the other cards and later use them for fraudulent activities or sometimes sell them at exorbitant prices to people without Ghana Cards.
To nip this in the bud, the association says it is working with relevant stakeholders, such as the security agencies, to clamp down on these agents.
In an interview on Spice FM, the Director of Operations, Mr. Stephen Quarcoo Gorman, stated that there will be an awareness campaign to educate the public.
The director opined that there had been an engagement with the National Communications Authority (NCA) somewhere last year, but nothing has been done about the situation.
It, however, called on the NCA to take the necessary action to protect citizens by curbing this menace.
This, they believe, will prevent such fraudulent activities.
