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The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has discovered, through social listening and environmental surveillance that a fraudulent letter, titled: “Certificate of Site Ownership”, for clearance of “Mast Transmission Antenna”, is being circulated by some unidentifiable individuals and purporting that the letter was issued by the NCC.
The letter claimed that the Commission had conducted an inspection on a certain site which is for “9-Mobile Telecommunications Company G.P.R.S”. The fraudsters also gave conditions that the unsuspecting recipient of the letter would meet to make the certificate valid and effective for use by “November 10, 2022”. It is possible that several and variants of the letter may have been sent to individuals, and organisations with the intent to defraud using the name of the Commission.
The NCC said it is dissociating itself from the contents of the letter, or similar ones, which may have been sent out by the faceless individuals.
“For the avoidance of doubt, the design and format of the forged letterhead bears no similarity with those of the Commission. The department quoted in the fraudulent letter is non-existent at the Commission. The signatory to the letter is also not known to the Commission.
“The public is hereby advised to note that telecommunications services are offered by companies which are issued licences by the Commission. The Commission also maintains a register of all telecommunications companies in the country.
Suffice it to say that the process of initiating or exchanging correspondence between the Commission and the licensees has definite and distinct standard and style.
“In addition, the Commission has credible channels of communication through which all information about it and its activities, including matters relating to correspondence on any subject matter, can be leveraged for verification.
“While the Commission frowns at the nefarious activities of these fraudsters, telecom stakeholders, the Nigerian public and corporate organisations, are advised to be wary to avoid falling victim to their nefarious activities,” NCC said.
