Worried by rising cases of fraudulent transaction on the Internet, a former medical student, Mr Chinonso Okoye from Anambra State has designed an internet application known as ‘The Middle’.
Okoye, a software developer, said his decision to build the application was informed by series of complaints by those making purchases on the internet without their goods being delivered.
Addressing newsmen on Tuesday in Awka, Okoye said he was once a medical student of University of Calabar, Cross River State before abandoning the programme to pursue a career in the Information Communication Technology (ICT).
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He described online shops as the easiest means of defrauding people on the internet, regretting that the trend had now posed a challenge to genuine online store operators.
He said, “This is mostly very rampant on Instagram (a social media platform), where fraudulent people now open online shops to advertise goods, and once they get buyers who make financial transfers to them, they close the account and open another.
‘With an App like – The Middle, you can successfully transfer money to an online shop owner, and he will be unable to withdraw the money until you have clicked the certify button, after your goods have been delivered to you.