The Health Department is warning members of the public about a job scam currently making the rounds.
The scam, according to the department, involves an appointment or employment letter bearing the department’s logo in which the applicants are requested to pay an upfront fee of refundable R250 for background checks to ensure the applicants do not have any criminal records and are legit candidates.
“We would urge anyone who receives these suspicious employment offers which require them to pay money for whatever reason to secure a job opportunity, to ignore them because the government will never charge people a job application or handling fee,” the department warned.
Meanwhile, the department said it has been inundated with queries from members of the public and media to verify the authenticity of these letters.
“These letters were not issued by the department and the public should ignore them and not pay any cent to secure job opportunities in the public sector.”
