TimesLive reports that private emergency medical care provider ER24 said on Tuesday it was aware of several fake posts on social media claiming that it was offering free paramedic learnerships and interviews at a low price for applicants.

“The modus operandi of such scams often includes the solicitation of money through informal channels such as money market counters to cellular telephone numbers as part of the application or training process,” ER24 said in a statement. ER24 said it would never require a job applicant to make a payment as part of the application process. It advised that common points that might indicate that an advertised post was a scam included: a request for upfront payment or banking details as part of the employment application; the only contact numbers being cellphone numbers as landlines were “out of order”; a lack of interview as part of the employment application process; and legitimate-sounding names that resembled the company name, such as er24 or er 24.

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