Grenadians are told to remain on high alert amidst a growing prevalence of social media scams that continue to impersonate Government Ministers.
Petra Louison has been following this story and files this report:
REPORT:
The Grenada Government is noting with particular concern, scams which offer COVID-19 assistance packages, ranging from 30,000 to 2 million US dollars and to qualify, persons are expected to pay fees ranging from 550 to 50,000 US dollars.
Grenadians are being urged to be extremely vigilant about the scams, since there’s always the possibility individuals will lose whatever money is invested into these schemes.
With respect to the impersonation of Government Ministers to lure unsuspecting victims, Grenadians are again advised that Ministers do not initiate contact with members of the public via private or direct messages on social media platforms.
A release in this regard, shows that the long-standing practice, for Ministers to respond to queries submitted by persons via private messages, but contact will not be initiated using such means.
The public is further reminded that no Government assistance programme requires persons to pay afee before receiving the benefit.
Persons are also encouraged to report any online experiences that seek to extort money from them.
Further, if persons are uncertain about a digital service, website, Facebook, or WhatsApp message, they can contact the Chief Information Officer at 423-1109.
