The Internet Service Providers Association of Nigeria has urged cyber café operators to join the government in the fight against cyber crime in the country.
The association’s President,Sam Adeleke said the operators were better positioned to contain the trend.
Adeleke said there are security solutions in form of filtering tools and spam blocking software that the operators can use to discourage the sending of fraudulent messages.
According to him,the problem is that many of the business centre owners do not want to use the ISP software because they want to attract more customers.
Adeleke said many sites had been blocked by ISPs because they were used to facilitate scams, otherwise known as `419’.
He said this is why many cyber café operators do not want to use the connection of the ISPs, hence, they now own their private connections known as VSAT.
In his word, there is a regulation that says cyber café operators should not allow scams through their operations.
Adeleke said if the operators join the government in the fight against such crime it would change the image of Nigeria among the comity of nations.
He said there were laws that say cyber café owners should register through the ISPs but the laws were yet to be fully implemented.
President of the Nigeria Internet Group,Lanre Ajayi said there should be collaboration between the Nigerian Communications Commission, Police and Nigerians to curb cyber crime.
He, however, urged cyber café owners to physically monitor activities of customers using their facilities.
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