The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has raised an alarm over faux appointment letters for its recruitment train which have been circulating on-line.
This disclosure is contained in a press release issued by the Nigeria Customs Service on its official X (previously Twitter) account on Friday, October 17, 2025.
NCS insisted that it’s not issuing appointment letters at this stage of its recruitment train, calling on Nigerians to ignore that.
Recruitment course of nonetheless ongoing
Whereas offering extra readability, the NCS identified that the continuing recruitment course of continues to be on the examination stage throughout the nation.
The assertion from NCS partly reads, ‘’The Nigeria Customs Service is just not issuing appointment letters at this stage of its recruitment train. Appointment letters circulating on-line are FAKE and must be disregarded.
‘’For readability, the continuing recruitment course of continues to be on the examination stage; the Superintendent Cadre just lately accomplished their CBT throughout the six geopolitical zones, whereas the Inspector and Customs Assistant Cadres additionally simply concluded their on-line CBT.
In accordance with the service, the circulation of those faux appointment letters on-line is one other try by fraudsters to mislead unsuspecting candidates.
NCS urged to stay calm, keep away from spreading faux information, and rely solely on verified info from the official handles of the Nigeria Customs Service.
Recall that in December 2024, the NCS introduced the graduation of its 2025 recruitment train, assuring Nigerians that the method is completely free and honest.
Customs had cautioned the general public to be vigilant towards scammers who might try to use unsuspecting candidates throughout the recruitment interval.
In the meantime, in an analogous circumstance, the NCS had in August 2024, raised an alarm over faux on-line posts that it was recruiting.
The service urged Nigerians to disregard such posts because it was not recruiting, regardless of what some Fb posts would have them consider.
