Abstract:
The study was carried out to find out the nature of computer fraud in banks and suggest strategies for preventing or aborting them. The study is divided into five chapters: Introduction, Literature Review, Research Methodology, Presentation and Analysis of Data and Discussion, Conclusions and Recommendations. The drive for speed, efficiency, profitability has necessitated the deployment of the computer systems in our banking institutions. Most of the banking services all over the world are Information Technology driven, even in developing countries like Nigeria banking services are already been offered on the Internet. Therefore, to achieve the objective of the research, three hypotheses stated in null form were formulated.
In the Literature Review, the researcher took a look at the various works that have been done on the study in the past. However, it was observed that generally there are few works that have been done on this topic especially in Nigeria. Therefore the study is an attempt to bridge the gap of information and material s on this subject. The research method adopted includes gathering data from the primary and secondary methods of data collection. Also, research questionnaires were administered and twenty one responses received. However, we zero our study on two Nigerian leading banks: Zenith International Bank Limited and FBN (merchant Bankers) Limited. Our research