On 11 January 2012 the eThekwini municipality said thait it had come to the Municipality’s attention that there were blackberry messages circulating that were falsely advertising vacant positions at the Metro Police and that this was a hoax.
‘We have had over 2 000 people enquiring about these positions and the public should know that this is a hoax. Although no incidents of extortion have been reported, we are however, taking this matter very seriously because we do not know what the intentions of these people are The perpetrators of this will be dealt with accordingly when we find them,’ said Metro Police Spokesperson, Senior Supt. Eugene Msomi.
After some investigation, it has been established that the webmaster of MobiJobs, a recruitment website, had uploaded the false advertisement onto the website. He claims that MobiJobs has, in the past, advertised vacancies and learnerships on behalf of the Municipality.
Upon questioning, the webmaster said that he had assumed that at this time of the year, Metro Police would be recruiting, as they have done in previous years. He apologised for his negligent behavior and inconvenience caused. He will be pulling the advert off the MobiJobs website.
Metro Police Spokesperson, Senior Supt. Eugene Msomi, said that the Unit was still exploring what measures could be taken against the perpetrator, but was glad that the truth was now out.
