NCC alerts public on fraudulent LinkedIn account impersonating its Executive Vice Chairman

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has drawn public attention to a fraudulent LinkedIn Account impersonating the person, and office of its Executive Vice Chairman (EVC), Mr Umar Garba Danbatta, a professor of enginerring. A statement issued by Reuben Muoka Director, Public Affairs Of NCC said the account was obviously created by some unscrupulous and criminal elements with a view to defrauding unsuspecting members of the public and users of social media who may think that such an account belongs to the EVC of NCC. The statement alerted further: “For the avoidance of doubt, the EVC/CEO of NCC, Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, has no LinkedIn Account. Therefore, any such account found on social media or any other platform, purporting to belong to the EVC of NCC, is fake! “We are working with appropriate security agencies to investigate the source of this fraudulent act with a view to nipping it to the bud. “We urge members of the public, and our esteemed stakeholders to be cautious, and vigilant, while on social media platforms, or in the cyberspace as many of these fraudulent individuals and groups abound, looking for unsuspecting users to defraud. “The Commission has a presence on the Internet with the
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