The British Embassy in Juba on Thursday called for vigilance in the fight against fraud after criminals posing as Embassy officials saught bids from NGOs for a large project grant.
British Ambassador Alastair McPhail wrote an article last December warning people in South Sudan about the rising number of fraud cases reported to the British Embassy in Juba.The Embassy said in press release that it wanted once again to warn people about this criminal behaviour, where fraudsters have been posing as officials from the British Embassy.
The scam asked for NGOs and civil society organisations to bid for funding from a one million USD grant being run by the Embassy of the United Kingdom.
The bids should have been sent by 1 March 2013 to someone called Karant Christopher who claims to work at the UK Embassy in Juba.
Emails from a Fransis Lomadanga were also found related to the same scam.