The Cyber Security Authority (CSA) has cautioned that job scams have surged with perpetrators operating through a new approach.
The CSA in a statement noted that over GH₵124,000 have been lost as a result of job scams with at least 15 reports received through its cybercrime incident reporting points.
According to the CSA, the new modus operandi include scammers posing as recruiters and advertise high-paying jobs through random sending of unsolicited messages to public via SMS, WhatsApp, emails and Telegram.
“Be skeptical of high-paying jobs that require minimal work. If it seems too good to be true, it is likely a scam,” the CSA noted.
There have been recent reports of an online investment platform known as Pacminer which has defrauded close to 800,000 Ghanaian investors, with others losing over GHS 90,000 as the company is said to have disappeared.
The company attracted investors by offering cloud-computing capacity for mining digital currencies like cryptocurrency. This lucrative cryptocurrency mining venture caught the attention of many people until the online platform came to a halt between December 26 and 27 last year.
According to reports, the modus operandi of Pacminer was that investors were convinced to purchase a machine and activate it daily, claiming that their funds were being used for mining operations.
But as the real story came to light, it was clear that Pacminer’s claims were all fabricated. Many investors were left feeling hopeless when attempts to take money out of their Pacminer accounts did not work.
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