The Commission, upon the discovery, that a fake Facebook account with the name “NIGERIA COMMUNICATION COMMISSION OFFICIAL WEBSITE”, was mimicking it, took it upon itself to inform members of the public that this account is fake and fraudulent.
A signed statement was given by the Director, Public Affairs at the Commission, Dr. Ikechukwu Adinde reads:
“From our findings, the fake Facebook group account created a year ago has since amassed followers, who the Commission believes, must have inadvertently signed on to the site”.
He continues: “The NCC states that this is a typical case of profile cloning, which represents a severe security issue in the social media network space. Often a fake profile identical to an original one is created, to mislead the unsuspecting general public”.
“For the avoidance of doubt, the official and authentic Facebook account of the Commission is: “NIGERIAN COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION” with over 181,580 followers”.
“The Commission strongly advises Nigerian citizens and all telecom consumers to beware of this fraudulent Facebook account as the NCC has no affiliation with it;.
It is what it is: A CLONED FACEBOOK ACCOUNT meant to deceive and defraud unsuspecting members of the public”.
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