‘Disregard announcement on job openings at West Hills Mall’
The Management of West Hills Mall has dismissed as unauthorised and false a notice posted on various social media platforms announcing a wide range of job vacancies and employment opportunities at the mall.
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It has, therefore, advised job seekers to ignore and report any related dealings to the police.
A press release issued by the management of the mall in Accra yesterday drew the attention of the general public to what it described as a fraudulent notice and advised the public to disregard such announcement.
On July 24, 2017, a suspicious announcement promising the availability of a wide range of job openings was posted on Facebook and has, since last Sunday, gone viral across most social media platforms, particularly on Whatsapp.
The post announces employment opportunities in over a dozen job categories, including IT engineers, waiters and waitresses, plumbers, secretaries, security drivers, beauticians, receptionists and accountant.
The post also promises free meals, free accommodation and on the job tuition for successful job applicants.
It also promises a handsome salary for prospective workers, ranging from GH¢150 to GH¢600 and directs interested persons to call or make inquiries from “the Resource Manager” whose number was given as: 0556 186 250.
“This is a complete hoax, hastily designed to rip off unsuspecting and desperate job-seekers,” the statement said.
Throwing more light on the issue, the Marketing Manager of West Hills Mall, Mr Michael Oduro Konadu said the announcement first popped up on the Facebook page of a certain Daniel Antwi on July 24.
Mr Konadu cautioned that the management of the mall was not responsible for recruiting personnel or workers for its tenants and stressed that the real purpose of the advert was to extort monies from innocent job-seekers as a fee of GH¢ 70 was demanded by the advertisers as registration fee.
“It is a ridiculous scam which smacks of ignorance about how the mall operates, but if the fraudsters are not exposed sooner, it is possible that certain individuals – especially- the youth and some desperate job-seekers, may easily fall for it,” said the Centre Manager, Mr Jonathan Lotter.
The Weija District Police Headquarters is on the alert and is working to track down the source of the false announcement.