The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) on Thursday has raised an alarm over a spurious Facebook Account purporting to be that of the Commission.
It also said the above act is a typical case of profile cloning often used to create a fake profile identical to an original one, for the purpose of misleading and defrauding unsuspecting general public.
In a statement signed by the Director, Public Affairs, NCC Dr. Ikechukwu Adinde, the Commisssion discovered the spurious account in the course of its regular online surveillance aimed at protecting telecoms consumers and industry stakeholders.
According to the Commission, “the fraudulent Facebook account with the name: “Nigerian Communications Commission – NCC – Info Zone” was opened by unidentified individuals, ostensibly to deceive and defraud unsuspecting members of the public, some of whom, as NCC believes, may have inadvertently signed on to the fake Facebook account.”
NCC further stated that the Commisssion have since contacted Facebook Team to take down the fake account and emphasized that
“the official and authentic Facebook account of the Commission is: “NIGERIAN COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION” with over 192,193 followers and the Commission strongly advises the general public and telecom consumers to beware of this cloned Facebook account, as the NCC has no affiliation whatsoever with it.”
NCC therefore urged the public to disregard the Facebook Page and its content in their entirety as it will continue to take measures towards protecting telecoms consumers and industry stakeholders.
