Job-seekers have been urged to be wary of a police job listing advertisement doing the rounds on social media as it was a fake.
National police spokesperson Colonel Athlenda Mathe said members of the public were asked not to fall prey to the scam.
“The fake job advert indicates that there are vacant internship opportunities as well as vacant positions available for the basic learning development programme intake within the service,” said Mathe.
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She said employment-seekers should note that the police department currently had no internship or learning programmes posts available.
Mathe said the adverts were misleading and driven by “faceless and malicious individuals”.
“When posts do become vacant, the service will advertise its vacancies through the department of public service and administration website, the SAPS website, mainstream media and internal email notices.”
She said people looking for work should also note jobs in the police were not for sale.
“Usually a scammer will try to extort money from his or her victims,” said deputy national commissioner Lieutenant-General Bonang Mgwenya.
“The public must be extra vigilant and contact their nearest police station for information when in doubt.”
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