The eThekwini Municipality has warned Durban job seekers about a con artist claiming to be a municipal employee who has been hooking her victims by placing fake recruitment advertisements.
According to a statement from the municipality issued on Wednesday evening‚ applicants who respond to the ads are told to pay a fee ranging from R150 to R1 500 in order to secure a job as either a cleaner‚ an official for Durban Solid Waste or under the Expanded Public Works Programme.
“The con artist‚ known as Amanda‚ has been sending messages to unsuspecting individuals using WhatsApp saying that after paying the necessary fee at any PEP Store‚ Rhino‚ Spar and Cambridge‚ applicants must visit 13th Floor Shell House in 221 Anton Lembede Street (Smith Street)‚ Durban‚4001 to submit their curriculum vitae so that they can get a job at the Municipality‚” the statement said.
“We appeal to the public not to respond to any recruitment advertisements where an applicant is required to pay. Any applicant who pays to secure a job is engaging in an unlawful act.”
The municipality stressed that it does not charge the public to apply for any advertised post.
“Job seekers are urged to follow the correct procedures when applying for a job. Funded and approved vacancies are advertised every second Friday in the Municipality’s Staff Vacancy Circular which is placed on Municipal notice boards‚ as well as being published in the Municipal publication — eZasegagasini Metro newspaper and Municipal website.”
It said applications may be submitted via email or to the postal address provided in legitimate advertisements.
The municipality urged anyone who has been asked to pay a bribe in order to secure a municipal job to report it to the City Integrity and Investigations Unit on 0800 202020 and the South African Police Service on 10111. — TMG Digital
Durban municipal jobs scam alert
The eThekwini Municipality has warned Durban job seekers about a con artist claiming to be a municipal employee who has been hooking her victims by placing fake recruitment advertisements.
According to a statement from the municipality issued on Wednesday evening‚ applicants who respond to the ads are told to pay a fee ranging from R150 to R1 500 in order to secure a job as either a cleaner‚ an official for Durban Solid Waste or under the Expanded Public Works Programme.
“The con artist‚ known as Amanda‚ has been sending messages to unsuspecting individuals using WhatsApp saying that after paying the necessary fee at any PEP Store‚ Rhino‚ Spar and Cambridge‚ applicants must visit 13th Floor Shell House in 221 Anton Lembede Street (Smith Street)‚ Durban‚4001 to submit their curriculum vitae so that they can get a job at the Municipality‚” the statement said.
“We appeal to the public not to respond to any recruitment advertisements where an applicant is required to pay. Any applicant who pays to secure a job is engaging in an unlawful act.”
The municipality stressed that it does not charge the public to apply for any advertised post.
“Job seekers are urged to follow the correct procedures when applying for a job. Funded and approved vacancies are advertised every second Friday in the Municipality’s Staff Vacancy Circular which is placed on Municipal notice boards‚ as well as being published in the Municipal publication — eZasegagasini Metro newspaper and Municipal website.”
It said applications may be submitted via email or to the postal address provided in legitimate advertisements.
The municipality urged anyone who has been asked to pay a bribe in order to secure a municipal job to report it to the City Integrity and Investigations Unit on 0800 202020 and the South African Police Service on 10111. — TMG Digital
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