The Nigerian Prisons Service has apprehended a
suspected job scammer, James Odey, for allegedly
issuing fake letters of appointment to unsuspecting
job seekers in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.
Before his arrest, Odeh was said to have issued about 400 applicants with fake appointment letters into the Nigerian Prisons Service.

The Prisons Service Public Relations Officer, Francis
Enobore, said 31 victims had besieged the National
Headquarters of the Prisons Service with fake letters of appointment for documentation last Friday.

He said investigation indicated that the victims were duped by the suspect and his gang members, who posed as members of “Replacement Board” of the NPS.

Some of the victims claimed to have parted with
between N100,000 and N500,000 before they were
issued the fake letters of appointment.

The NPS spokesman said, “The appointment letters
prompted an investigation from the Intelligence Unit of the Service which led to the arrest of Odeh at his hideout.”

Enobore said the 31 applicants with fake
appointment letters and Odeh had been handed over to the police for further interrogation and
prosecution, while the search for other members of
the syndicate continued.

“The public is hereby advised to beware of fraudsters on the prowl, who take undue advantage of the congested labour market to inflict further pains on unsuspecting job seekers,” he added.

Meanwhile, the Akwa Ibom State command of the
Nigerian Immigration Service has arrested a 40-year old pastor, Victor Udom, for defrauding one of his church members, Mr. Eyo Akpan, of N500,000.

Udom, a prophet of Eternity Mission Church, Udo
Uweme, Uyo, was said to have collected N270,000
from Akpan to secure a job with the NIS for his
daughter, Miss Magdalene Akpan.

The state Controller, NIS, Abdullahi Garba, said
Magdalene brought an appointment letter which
Udom had prepared for her to start work in the
command.

He stated that Udom stole the appointment letter of
a former immigration officer who had died and
altered some information to reflect the currency of
the situation, including altering the man’s name to
that of Magdalene.

He said, “Udom promised to give employment to
Magdalene. He gave fake employment letter with a
forged signature of one Sylvester Johnson, as an offer of immigration job to Magdalene.

“Our officers were able to track him down and he is
with us. We intend to send him to Abuja for further
investigation.

“It may also interest you to know that Udom had
collected N270,000 from Magdalene’s father for
immigration and N230,000 for a job in ExxonMobil
from the same man. He is a serial fraudster. He has
confessed to us.

He stated that recruitment into NIS had started,
adding that the process was through online.

He explained that upon successfully completing the
online form, a Personal Identification Number would
be issued to each applicant for participation in the
online examination.

Udom, however, said somebody collected the money with a promised to get a job for the lady.
“When the family started disturbing me and the
person that collected the money refused to pick my
calls, I prepared the employment letter for Magdalene.

“One of my church members gave me that letter for
me to pray for him; the person is dead, he was working in NIS,” he said.



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Dude has automatically given himself an appointment letter to prison


But with the magnitude of this scam, it's really hard for me to believe that some senior prison officials do not also have a hand in it

Nobody can be scammed without his consent. In Nigeria anything goes.

A similar case occurred some time ago in Gwagwalada, Abuja where some men were arrested at a hotel for issuing fake appointment letters from the Nigerian Prisons and Civil Defense.

Victims claimed to have paid as much as 500k to secure employment in the para-military.
And the funny thing was that these appointment letters carried the forged signature of their boss.

You will know you are about to be scammed if you take time to listen to that tiny voice in your head.

lovat:
You will know you are about to be scammed if you take time to listen to that tiny voice in your head.

I dey tells you.

This is so bad. Capitalizing on current state of little or no jobs to swindle unsuspecting victims is very bad.

Quite unfortunate.

Lalasticlala !

emmyrichie:
This is so bad. Capitalizing on current state of little or no jobs to swindle unsuspecting victims is very bad.

Quite unfortunate.

This money self is enough to start something small on your own...
Imagine spending 200k - 500k to secure appointment, if someone really plan on those capitals, it wnt be long that such person will start creating employment as well...


Bt everybody want to work under government so they can use rake to chop d national cake!

lovat:
You will know you are about to be scammed if you take time to listen to that tiny voice in your head.

True. But sadly people who get scammed are usually desperate and this desperation drowns out that tiny voice of reasoning.