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Fraudsters Impersonate Army Chiefs, Dangle Recruitment Slots by Scamfender: 9:06pm On Oct 29, 2014 |
Tens of cyber fraudsters have taken over the identity of the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Kenneth Minimah, on the popular social networking site, Facebook. Checks by iPUNCH on Tuesday showed that the over 30 fake Facebook accounts opened in the name of the army chief are being used by scammers to defraud unsuspecting members of the public. The majority of the fraudsters correctly filled out the profile information of Minimah, to perfect their schemes and sway their victims who are mostly job applicants. Dangling opportunities for enlistment into the Nigerian Army to scores of their followers online, many of the con artistes pledged their resolve to assist them with their application. A message posted by one of the impostors stated, “Hello everyone. Did you buy the Nigerian Army form or the Nigeria Defence Academy form and your name was not out? Or you have bought the form and you need help? Contact my personal assistant to get the direct entry form on +23480711591** or write me a message here on Facebook.” Many job applicants have been made to comment on the fake Facebook accounts believing that they were communicating with Minimah. To hoodwink their victims into paying for the supposed assistance to be rendered to them, many of the scammers promised to use their slots to ensure the enlistment of those who show some seriousness. Besides, to fool unsuspecting fellows, some of the fraudsters also announced their plans to conduct a mock test and interview sessions for the applicants with a view to ensuring that their applications were successful. The commandant of the Warrant Officers Academy of the Nigerian Army, Brig. Gen. Arinze Ebenebe, is also one of the senior army officers being impersonated online. Laying claim to his name to perpetrate fraudulent activities, the scammers simply used the recently-concluded Nigerian Army Recruitment as a bait to dupe their victims. The fraudster, in a message posted on the fake account wrote, “So Many Nigerian youths have been applying for enlistment in the Nigerian Army and have been turned down in the past year. Our mission is to help many of these youths into the Nigeria Armed Forces. The 72RRI Recruitment started on Monday, September 8. Slot and help are available. Call 080335212**.” But the Nigerian army authorities have said that it was not unaware of the activities of the fraudsters. The army headquarters warned members of the public against patronising the fraudsters, noting that it does not carry out its recruitment exercise via Facebook. Stating that it amounted to a criminal offence to impersonate a general under any guise, the army wrote on its Twitter page that it had obtained some of the contact numbers of the scammers. “The Nigerian Army wishes to notify the public of the activities of fraudsters using some Facebook accounts and the following phone numbers: 081479812**, 081479812**. Members of the general public and Internet surfers should be wary of these fraudsters portraying themselves as army generals. Cyber crime is an offence. Be warned,” the army tweeted. The Nigerian Navy has also raised the alarm over those it...click to read more- http://www.scamfender.com/2014/10/fraudsters-impersonate-army-chiefs.html?m=0 |
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