North of Tshwane schools, residents warned of BMW impersonators
"The scammers also offer to fight unemployment by sending flyers with false job opportunities and request the principal to make copies, stamp them and hand over to learners to give to their parents at home."
Schools and residents in the north of Tshwane must beware individuals impersonating or pretending to be employees of a car manufacturing company, the Gauteng Department of Education has warned.
These scammers operated by contacting school principals offering to donate IT equipment to the school on behalf of BMW, according to the department’s spokesperson Steve Mabona.
“The areas targeted by these individuals are Ga-Rankuwa, Soshanguve, Mabopane, Winterveldt and Hammanskraal. The scammers also offer to fight unemployment by sending flyers with false job opportunities and request the principal to make copies, stamp them and hand over to learners to give to their parents at home.”
Mabona said the applicants were then told to pay money for medical tests to be given preferential treatment in order to secure a job.
“We urge the public, especially job seekers, not to be misled by these unscrupulous people.”
Mabona said Gauteng education department was not contracted to these individuals and did not require the public to unlawfully pay any amount to secure a job.
BMW spokesperson Sibusiso Mkwanazi said as a matter of principle, BMW would never ask applicants to deposit money to secure employment.
“We follow an application process where the best candidates are selected after interviews. It is cruel that some take advantage of people who are already in need.”
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