Office of the Registrar of Companies Cautions Public on Fraudulent Activities of Faceless ‘Staff’
The attention of the Office of the Registrar of Companies (ORC) has been drawn to the activities of some faceless persons purporting to be ‘staff’ or ‘Lawyers’ of the Office and have been defrauding our unsuspecting clients.
These fraudsters direct unsuspecting Company Officials and Business Owners through text messages and phone calls to make mobile money payments to certain phone numbers by setting deadlines along with threats to strike their Company names that are in default off the Companies Register. They sometimes send a truncated copy of the Office Press Release urging clients to file their Annual Returns and Renewal, through WhatsApp to legitimize their fraudulent activities on Company Officials and Business Owners.
The Office of the Registrar of Companies (ORC) wishes to state that, it does not have nor operate a mobile money account neither has the Office assigned any ‘staff’ or ‘Lawyer’ with the schedule to strike off Companies in default from the Register. We urge our clients, stakeholders and the General Public to note that all payments on transactions are done in our in-house Fidelity Bank with the Bank’s authorized receipt issued to clients on their payments.
The Office therefore cautions our cherished clients and stakeholders to ignore such scam phone calls, text and WhatsApp messages eliciting mobile money payments on any transaction in the name of ORC or Registrar-General’s Department (RGD) and avoid the use of ‘intermediaries or agents’ when transacting business with the Office.
The Office has engaged and continues to collaborate with the security agencies to investigate, apprehend and prosecute such faceless persons perpetuating such fraudulent activities on our clients. We are by this release encouraging our clients to be vigilant and report any such calls or text messages to the Office for further action to curb the menace.
Please note that the Official lines for the ORC remain 0302 664 691-3, 0302 666 180, 0302 676 043 (Collection Unit) and 0302 662 043 (Online Services). Follow us on Social Media @ORC Ghana and WhatsApp/Telegram - 055-765-3130.
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