The ManicaPost
Post Reporter
FARMERS must remain vigilant and exercise due diligence when procuring agricultural inputs or trading their agricultural produce; especially when dealing with individuals, the Grain Marketing Board (GMB) has warned.
This follows reported cases of scam where unsuspecting farmers have fallen prey to conmen masquerading as GMB employees or middlemen who facilitate payments for produce in foreign currency.
In a statement yesterday, GMB said it does not have agencies for procurement and payment of grain.
“The Grain Marketing Board (GMB) would like to warn the public from falling prey to conmen who are purporting to be employees of the parastatal and could facilitate for them to get foreighn currency. In one particular incident, a certain farmer that we cannot name on professional grounds was approached by a man purporting to be an accounting officer with GMB and could facilitate payment for grain in US$ in exchange of local currency.
“However, after the money was deposited into a given account the man started being evasive and finally disappeared. It is also in the public interest to know that GMB does not have agencies for procurement and payment of grain,” reads the statement.
GMB urged the public to report suspicious people claiming to be GMB employees to any GMB depot or any nearest police station.
