Senator George Akume, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation has denied his involvement with scammers who cloned and tampered with the phone numbers of highly placed individuals and using same to ask the general public for funds.
He call on the public to take note of such attempt and urged them to be intimated with the mode of operation of the fraudsters who promised them federal government appointments and also demanding money to felicitate same.
Yomi Odunuga, Akume’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity in a message made available to journalists noted that “The warning became necessary as the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation has been inundated with enquiries relating to the activities of these fraudulent individuals and groups.
“The fraudsters also attach bank account details to messages sent to the would-be victims for funds deposit ranging from N5m to N15m in addition to asking them to send their curriculum vitae to cloned emails.”
The statement explained that appointment into boards and parastatals are conducted with high level of transparency and verification and doesn’t have anything to do with money.
“From information available to the office, the fraudsters cloned the voice of the SGF, using it to solicit money in return for federal appointments.
“Some of the account details of the scammers made available to the office are domiciled in, but not limited to, both new generation banks and the popular fintech mobile money operating companies in the country.
“While the relevant security agencies have been briefed on the matter, the Office of the SGF strongly advises Nigerians to report the activities of these fraudulent people to the authorities while taking all precautionary steps necessary to avoid being victims of the scammers,” the statement added.
