Mango warns against fraudulent Facebook recruiters

South African low-cost airline Mango has issued a notice warning the general public against fraudulent recruitment posts on Facebook.

“According to the company, the post is targeted at aspiring cabin crew members and opens up to a link from an unknown third party.

The advertisement is being posted on social media channels page by a third party,” says Mango spokesperson Hein Kaiser. “It seems to be a carbon copy of a generic advertisement for cabin crew recruitment leading to what seems like a registration website.” However, says Kaiser, the airline is presently not recruiting flight attendants. “Mango will always list official channels of correspondence, either directing parties to our websites or an email address with the flymango.com extension, through well branded channels.”

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The airline says it became aware of the advertisement after receiving queries from applicants early this week.

“Our security department is presently investigating the matter,” says Kaiser. “We would appreciate any information from persons already affected by this advertisement in order to assist with the ongoing investigation.”

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