Police caution job seekers about possible scam in Colenso
An appeal is made to job seekers to be wary of receiving calls about employment when you have not applied for any work and to avoid contact with anyone who promises you employment in exchange for cash
A member of the public has alerted Colenso police to the existence of a possible scam. A man was contacted telephonically and offered a job at a new mining enterprise, which was said to be starting in Colenso.
The man was told to deposit R2 500 into a banking account and after doing so he was asked to make contact with another person. Upon contacting this second individual the man was given an address to which he should report. The address turned out to be bogus. Other people have been arriving at the Colenso Police Station to hand in their CV for the same enterprise.
They were told to deposit the money and place their CV in a box at the police station. There is no such box nor any arrangements made with any company. Despite the fact that people are reluctant to open cases, police have visited and made enquiries at the proposed mining site. No one there was aware of any type of recruitment being done, which leads us to believe that this may be a scam.
An appeal is made to job seekers to be wary of receiving calls about employment when you have not applied for any work and to avoid contact with anyone who promises you employment in exchange for cash. On June 23 Ladysmith police received reports that a person calling himself, Victor Mokoena, is calling educational departments and institutions requesting CVs from jobseekers.
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He then contacts the individual whose details are on the CV and their references stating that he is recruiting people for employment at a new mine in Colenso. After a few days he contacts them again and asks them to pay R2 500 after which he convinces the person that they will soon be called by his manager, Mr Molefe, who will inform them about what job they will do.
The call never comes. The scam convinces people that they will short-cut the employment process by paying for it.
It has come to our attention that in the past week several young people may have furnished their CVs and we are warning them to be wary of this scam and not to pay for employment.
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