Nigeria: Dangote Cement has warned the public that confidence tricksters are using its name to offer ‘jobs’ On social media. The Vanguard newspaper has reported that applicants are then being required to pay an ‘administrative fee’ to the scammers.
Corporate communications directorFrancis Awowole-Browne said, “The job advertisements are entirely false and are intended to defraud unsuspecting members of the public. We are clarifying that we have not engaged any individual or job website to advertise job positions on our behalf and none of the contact details, either phone numbers or email, are those of Dangote Cement.” He added, “At Dangote Cement, we fill job positions through a formal procedure with all career opportunities clearly listed on our own website. Furthermore, we never request candidates to pay a fee before they are considered for any position.”
