SMS SCHEMES

Subscribers receive text messages purportedly from MTN where they are informed of winnings and asked to contact a number to claim their prizes.

HOW WINNERS OF MTN PROMOTIONS ARE NOTIFIED

• A winner will receive a call from an MTNN staff informing them of their winning and how to redeem their prize
• A list of winners will be published in at least one national daily and on www.mtnonline.com
• MTN will at no time ask you to part with valuable, (cash or recharge card) before you can redeem your prize
• All you need to redeem your prizes are valid ID card and original SIM certificate
• Prizes can only be redeemed at MTN offices or Service Centres
• Do not meet with anyone parading themselves as MTNN staff or agents outside MTNN office or service centres
• MTNN will not be liable for any losses or injury occasioned to subscribers as a result of responding to fraudulent notification of winnings
• For further equiries, please call 180 or visit www.mtnonline.com

RECRUITMENT SCHEMES

Job seekers are asked to pay a fee and are assured of jobs with MTNN or MTN group if they make the payment. Sometimes, they are sent letters of employment purportedly from MTNN and asked to pay some fees for processing of work permits and other licenses.

• The contact addresses and phone numbers contained in such emails and letters and posted on such web-sites are not authentic or related to MTN Nigeria.
• MTN Nigeria dissociates itself entirely from any of the emails and web-sites described above.
• Advertisements for positions within MTN Nigeria are usually made in the national newspapers and/or on the career page of the MTN Nigeria official website at http://www.mtnonline.com/careers.
• In the event that you receive any of the emails described above, we advise that you take the following steps:

i. Do not respond to such unsolicited offers from people you are unfamiliar with.
ii. Do not disclose your personal/financial details to anyone you do not know.
iii. Where applicable, contact the Nigerian Embassy in your country. You may in addition also refer such mails to your country's Embassy/High Commission in Nigeria for investigation.
iv. Finally, for scam mails purportedly emanating from or related to MTN Nigeria, we advise that you contact the following for confirmation -

“MTN has also been informed that certain emails received by members of the public, and advertisements posted on some job web-sites have promised job-seekers positions in MTN Nigeria. Some of these emails and web-sites promise that upon payment of a fee and the receipt of the recipients' curriculum vitae, the recipients are assured jobs with MTN Nigeria or within the MTN Group. The contact addresses and phone numbers contained in such emails and posted on such web-sites are not authentic or related to MTN Nigeria. MTN Nigeria dissociates itself entirely from any of the emails and web-sites described above.

We believe they are part of an attempt to perpetrate fraud on un-suspecting members of the public. Advertisements for positions within MTN Nigeria are usually made in the national newspapers and/or on the career page of the MTN Nigeria official website at http://www.mtnonline.com/careers.

In the event that you receive any of the emails described above, we advise that you take the following steps:

i. Do not respond to such unsolicited offers from people you are unfamiliar with.

ii. Do not disclose your personal/financial details to anyone you do not know.

iii. Where applicable, contact the Nigerian Embassy in your country. You may in addition also refer such mails to your country's Embassy/High Commission in Nigeria for investigation.

iv. Finally, for scam mails purportedly emanating from or related to MTN Nigeria, we advise that you contact the following for confirmation -

MTN Nigeria Corporate Office, Golden Plaza,

7th Floor, Falomo, Ikoyi Lagos.

Email: mtnbusinessfraud@mtnnigeria.net.

Tel. +234 (0) 8032005500”