The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has warned the public to be cautious and steer clear of con artists posing as service recruiters.
This is stated in a statement made by Mr. Johannes Woju on Monday in Abuja.
“On repeated occasions, the FIRS has cautioned the general public to be vigilant and circumspect not to deal with scam artists who pose as recruitment agents for the Service and collect huge sums of money from unsuspecting victims with the promise to provide them employment.
“Again, the Management of the FIRS wishes to caution the public to be wary of these employment scam artists.
“The Service wishes to emphatically state that it is not conducting any recruitment at the moment, and importantly that it does not conduct recruitment exercises through back door channels.
“Should FIRS at any instance have need to expand its workforce and consequently seek to recruit competent hands to carry out the task of revenue mobilization for the nation, the public can be rest assured that the Service would follow appropriate channels and processes in doing so.
” This includes advertisements on public channels of communication, followed by rigorous screening, interviews and examination exercises.
“The FIRS also wishes to caution media practitioners not to allow their mediums to be used as platforms for publishing unauthorized fake application processes and recruitment portals that hoodwink the unsuspecting public,” the statement said.
It further stated that FIRS will pursue all appropriate legal remedies against any platform discovered to be running such dishonest advertisements.
According to The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), several Nigerians complain about dishonest individuals who con graduates looking for employment.
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