Beware of fake EFCC social media handles, addresses, commission warns


The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has warned the general public to be wary of fake social media handles and addresses created by unscrupulous members of the public for the purpose of spreading falsehood and misrepresentation of the commission’s activities.

EFCC in a press statement by its acting Spokesperson Mr Tony Orilade yesterday in Abuja, said “Since the commission was established in 2003, it has embraced both online and offline platforms to expose corrupt practices in its effort to clean up the society and punish fraudsters.

“We, however, note that some anti-social elements have remained relentless in seeking to pollute and defeat this effort through the criminal act of cloning the commission’s social media handles and addresses, and using same to perpetrate fraud.

“It is important to note that Section 6(p) of the EFCC Establishment Act captures the Commission’s mandate for sensitization and enlightenment. On the strength of this, the commission vastly employs social media as a strong tool in the exposure of financial crimes and corruption.”

According to the commission, “This is compelling, given the enormity of the task on our hands and the need to properly and adequately inform the public properly on the evils of financial crimes and corruption, and to check the spread of fake news as it concerns the commission.

“It is imperative for the public to know and be able to identify the Commission’s authentic social media platforms and strictly interface with the Commission via those platforms.

“The general public is hereby notified that the following are the authentic social media handles and addresses of the Commission:Facebook: @officialefcc; Instagram: @officialefcc and Twitter: @officialefcc

“We further advise that those who wish to interface with us through the social media platforms should note that the Commission’s authentic social media handles and addresses now bear the blue tick as shown in the pictures attached.”

The statement further said, “The blue tick indicating verification by Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, make the handles safe, secure and affirms that it belongs to the rightful owner of the page. The Commission also wishes to state that all its social media handles and addresses have exactly the same Eagle logo.

“We state that our authentic social media platforms are interactive, easy-to-use and can be trusted.”Members of the public should feel free to make enquiries through our verified social media handles and addresses as well as report cases that fall within our purview, through them.”Furthermore, the Commission can be reached via our hotline: 2348093322644 and our email address:[email protected].”

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