Witbank SAPS warns the public about a jobs scam involving men and women pretending to be police officers.

Witbank Police management warns members of the public applying for entry-level employment posts in the police service to exercise vigilance against bogus police officers who are out to rob unsuspecting people of their money.

The SAPS’s official advertisement does not provide for any payment of money by an applicant, nor does it reflect any name of a person or police officer to be responsible for the collection of money or anything in exchange for employment in the police service.

The warning follows after Witbank Police received a complaint from a member of the public who claimed to have received a call from a bogus police officer.

“According to the complainant, the bogus colonel demanded R3000 from potential applicants with the prospective in exchange for employment in the police service,” Captain Eddie Hall, local police spokesperson explained.

Both nationally and provincially, the SAPS does not have a policy, instruction, or circular regulating the collection of monies for this particular purpose.

Applicants and parents must refuse to be subjected to this kind of scam and must report the matter immediately to the nearest police station.

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