NCC warns telecoms consumers as fraudsters clone Facebook account

ABUJA, Nigeria – The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC)  has alerted members of the public and telecoms service consumers of the existence of  a cloned NCC account.

In a statement, Director Public Affairs, NCC, Dr. Ikechukwu Adinde  said the account is similar to the Commission’s official name on the social media site.

“The Commission, upon detecting the fake Facebook account with the name “NIGERIA COMMUNICATION COMMISSION OFFICIAL WEBSITE”, deems it fit to inform members of the public that this account is fake and fraudulent”, he said in the statement.

According to him,  investigation by the NCC revealed that the fake Facebook group account was created a year ago and has since amassed followership whom, the Commission believes, must have inadvertently signed on to the site.

The NCC describes the development as a typical case of profile cloning, which represents a severe security issue in social media networks.

“It is often used to create a fake profile identical to an original one, for the purpose of misleading the unsuspecting general public”, the commission explained, adding “for the avoidance of doubt, the official and authentic Facebook account of the Commission is: “NIGERIAN COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION” with over 181,580 followers.

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“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”, NCC said.