Zenith Bank PLC has dissociated itself and the Group Chairman of the bank,Dr Jim Ovia,CFR from endorsing an investment scheme called ”Wealth Bridge” on the “Greece Island” Facebook handle and soliciting members of the public to engage in a business relationship with the so-called entity.
The bank said “the claim is entirely false and has no connection whatsoever to the Group Chairman, the bank or any of its affiliate companies,” and warned members of the public not to do any business with the group behind the scheme.
The bank said the doctored video and still pictures currently circulating on social media purporting to depict the Group Chairman of Zenith Bank Plc (the bank) as endorsing the so-called “Wealth Bridge” is totally false.
It said that the video makes a fake promise of up to N2m in weekely returns on a contribution of N380,000 investment in the aforementioned project via a Facebook group.
“The video goes on to allege that the Central Bank of Nigeria approves/endorses the said project. The video reflects unsuspecting membetrs of the public to an alleged “Arise News”webpage with details of this “scheme” and an embedded registration portal for signups. This claim also is entirely false and has no connection whatsoever to the Bank or its Group Chairman.”
It stressed “For the avoidance of doubt,all videos and promotional materials referenced above are fake and have nothing to do with Zenith Bank Plc or Dr Jim Ovia, CFR.”
“The Group Chairman of Zenith Bank and the Bank have no knowledge of the said investment scheme and have not entered into any partnership with the companies,individuals or platforms behind the schemes.”
The Bank therefore warned “ The geenral public is hereby advised to disregard these fraudulent communications.Anyone who engages with the “ Greece Island” handle ,”Wealth Bridge”, “delicious sitee”,”AfriQuantumX”,”Stock market analyst 1” or any other entity on the basis of these fake video and images published by impostors, does so strictly at his or her own risk.”