Job seekers in Nigeria have been warned to be aware of online job scammers posing as recruiting agents working for the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS).

In a statement, the agency has advised job seekers to ignore any online job platform, adding that the organisation is presently not recruiting.

“It has been brought to the attention of the Nigeria Immigration Service that some unscrupulous Nigerians have continued to post advertorials on the internet calling for submission of applications for recruitment into various cadres in the Nigeria Immigration Service as well as demanding for some amount of money to be deposited into certain bank accounts for the recruitment," reads the statement.

"The Comptroller-General of Immigration (CGI) wishes to reiterate that the NIS is presently not carrying out any recruitment exercise at any level. Therefore, the CGI calls on members of the public to be wary of the antics of these few fraudsters to avoid falling prey to them.”

The NIS added that Nigerians are planned to be informed whenever the service does commence recruitment.

"The manner prescribed by Federal Civil Service Rules and Regulations as well as other relevant statutes to ensure fairness, equity and that only qualified persons that meet our contemporary needs are recruited will be communicated to prospective job seekers when the need arises."