Accra, Jan. 31, - The Ghana
Immigration Service (GIS) has issued an alert on a fraudulent recruitment scam
involving the ongoing 2017/2018 recruitment exercise and has admonished all to
ignore calls offering to put applicants names on a ‘protocol list’ at a fee.
A statement signed by Supt.
Michael Amoako-Attah, Head of Public Affairs at the GIS, and copied to the GNA
on Wednesday said the attention of the GIS had been drawn to the recruitment
scam, where unscrupulous individuals pretending to represent the GIS, were
calling applicants concerning the ongoing 2017/2018 GIS Recruitment Exercise to
have their names placed in a fictitious ‘protocol lists’ at a fee.
“These individuals introduce
themselves as staff of GIS, indicating that they have applicants’ documents in
front of them, and that, they did not make it into the final list of those to
be enlisted. In some cases, applicants are asked to pay an amount to undergo
the third phase of the Recruitment Exercise – medical screening.
After extending the fictitious
offer of assisting them to gain enlistment into the Service, these individuals
ask for payment ranging between GH₵3,000.00
and GH₵6,000.00,” the
statement.
It said the GIS will not place a
call to any applicant and will never ask applicants for any direct payments to
be enlisted into the GIS and advised prospective applicants not to send money
to any individuals.
“Moreover, the 2017/2018 GIS
Recruitment Exercise is still in its second phase and qualified applicants, who
successfully pass the Aptitude Test will be shortlisted and contacted via Short
Message Services (SMS) and emails, as well as names posted on the GIS website:
www.joingis.com,” it stated, adding “no individual or group of persons can help
anybody since the process is as transparent as possible.”
The statement said applicants and
the general public should be wary of fraudsters, who make such calls in the
name of the Ghana Immigration Service, and that any applicant who paid money in
relation to the ongoing 2017/2018 GIS Recruitment Exercise, did so at his or
her own risk.
Meanwhile, investigations are
ongoing to uncover the faces behind these acts and to apprehend them for the
necessary action to be taken.
GNA
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