Abuja – The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has arrested 12 suspected internet fraudsters believed to have specialised in posing as NCS officials to extort money from Nigerians, while offering non-existing jobs.
This is contained in a statement signed by NCS’ Public Relations Officer, Mr Wale Adeniyi, made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Abuja.
Adeniyi said that an advert currently circulating on the social media was the latest among many other attempts to mislead desperate job- seekers.
He said that the post, which went viral over the weekend, was a reproduction of previous recruitment adverts, with a clever insertion of NCS’ website address.
“To achieve their objective, these internet fraudsters directed the applicants to visit a fake website – www.customsrecruit.com.ng.
“The victims of the fraudsters were requested to make some payments to complete the phoney forms,” he said.
Adeniyi advised Nigerians to be careful, and hinted that the 12 suspects would soon be charged to court.
He said that the service had launched a war against internet fraudsters, and advised Nigerians to ignore advertisements found in any online platform, except those released in the NCS’ authentic and authoritative platforms — www.customs.gov.ng and
www.facebook.com/customsng.
Adeniyi urged prospective job seekers to always visit the nearest customs office to clarify issues they were not sure of. (NAN)