3 fake job finders arrested in Cross River
The Calabar Free Trade Zone in Cross River and Akwa Ibom Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), has arrested three suspected job syndicates. Mrs Patience Burromvyat, the Customs Area Controller in charge of Calabar Free Trade Zone and Akwa Ibom Area Command, said that the suspects were arrested on Feb. 24, 2018 in Calabar. Burromvyat explained that the suspects were arrested for issuing fake customs recruitment letters to unsuspecting members of the public and duped them of large sums of money in the process. She added that the arrest was made possible through a tip-off by concerned members of the public and sustained surveillance by officers of the command. “Their method of operation involved opening a fake website on which they advertise recruitment exercise purportedly by NCS to attract innocent job seekers who are then duped of various sums of money. “I wish to seize this opportunity to advice members of the public, especially job seekers, to beware of internet fr...