The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has said that its attention has been drawn to a LinkedIn account purported to be the account of the Registrar of JAMB, Professor Is-haq Oloyede, and sending friend requests to members of the public.
The Board said this was a ploy initiated with the sole aim of defrauding gullible members of the public.
Spokesperson of the Board, Dr Fabian Benjamin in a statement on Friday in Abuja, said categorically that Oloyede “does not own or operate any social media account and neither has he asked anybody to open or manage one on his behalf.
“LinkedIn is a social networking site designed specifically for the business community. As such, it should be noted that the goal of the site is to enable registered users to connect with people they know and trust professionally. Prof. Oloyede does not belong to this class of individuals nor intends to join.”
Benjamin said this disclaimer became necessary in view of some unscrupulous elements, who have purportedly opened a LinkedIn account on his behalf to hoodwink unsuspecting members of the public with their bogus claims of the erudite professor helping to network business enterprises, managing careers, providing jobs, running a research firm or connecting people with business contacts of firms or industry through the account.
“The Board urges the general public to be wary of these criminal elements so as not to fall victim to the scammers,” he said.
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