Police officers conned in fake passports, training deal

Police have cautioned Ugandans to watch out for fraudsters ahead of the festive season after two of their officers were reportedly conned Shs600, 000 each over fake passports and training deal.

While addressing journalists at the Naguru police headquarters in Kampala, police spokesperson, Mr Fred Enanga revealed that conmen had posed as police directors from the Force’s headquarters and used a landline similar to one used by the Force to dupe the said officers.

They allegedly asked for Shs 600,000 from each of their victims to help secure express passports for them ahead of a reportedly fake leadership course in Switzerland.

"We have received complaints from people who are receiving calls or text messages from fraudsters who claim to be employers, like some of our security officers, have fallen victim where somebody uses a landline that's similar to some of those that we have and then portrays himself as a director and once he establishes that the officer he's talking to doesn't have a passport, he puts up a request of about Shs600,000 to process an express passport for the officer so that they can travel to Switzerland in January for a leadership course organised by the Swiss police," Mr Enanga said and added that “one or two officers had fallen victim.”

The Force’s publicist said some members of the public had also been victimised.