Defence Force warns of recruitment scam on social media
The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) has warned the public to caution against an SANDF Reserve Force recruitment scam doing the rounds on various social media platforms.
The SANDF says although the military recruitment form in circulation is legitimate, it was not issued by the relevant SANDF recruitment office.
Spokesperson Andries Mokoena-Mahapa says there is no official recruitment drive underway within the SANDF.
"Scammers have now resorted to luring desperate youths and their unsuspecting parents into disclosing or furnishing their personal details on this form.
"Personal information is then gained with the intention of defrauding unsuspecting citizens, this is a deviation from the well-known modus operandi of asking for an application fee to make their advertisement look and sound legitimate.
"This is initiated by faceless criminals, intent on fleecing unsuspecting and vulnerable citizens."
"The repeated deceitful acts by these unpatriotic faceless criminals, targeting our unsuspecting youths is abhorrently unethical, illegal and should be condemned by all law abiding citizens of our country,” adds Mokoena-Mahapa.
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