Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) says it has neither published any advertisement on job interviews nor embarked on any recruitment of workers.
A statement by NNPC spokesman, Mr Ndu Ughamadu, said the advert on a fake letterhead with NNPC logo, was allegedly signed by the Group Managing Director, Dr. Maikanti Baru, and the Chief Operating Officer, Refineries, Mr. Anibor Kragha.
Ughamadu said the purported advert had directed unsuspecting applicants to send their applications to a fake e-mail address: nnpccareersrecruitment@gmail.com.
According to him, another form of the scam is the circulation of text messages, e-mails and letters inviting gullible job seekers for fake job interviews at the NNPC Towers and other locations.
The spokesman said the purported job interview invitation was designed to extort money from desperate job seekers.
He advises the public, especially applicants, to disregard such adverts or spurious invitations for job interviews, saying that anyone who entertains such invitations does so at his or her own risk.
According to him, anyone contacted for the purpose of the fake recruitment should report such invitations to relevant law enforcement agencies.
Ughamadu said that the corporation would continue to engage security agencies to tackle the ongoing scam and the perpetrators.
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