Nollywood actress Tonto Dikeh has shared her experience with online scammers.
In an Instagram post, she revealed that she once bought 12 phones for an online giveaway from an online vendor and was blocked immediately after she made the payments.
She said she was too ashamed to cry or talk, so she only told two of her close friends about it as she was ashamed.
“I dey here dey claim OG,
Let me tell you a little bit of what these little children have used my eyes to see shege banza.
I once bought 12 phones from an online vendor,
Once I paid, I got blocked.
I was too ashamed to cry or talk, so I only told @veeveerich and Henry.
This was about 3 years ago (phones were for my birthday giveaway that year).
Hehehe, them run King Street”.
Last year, Tonto had alerted Nigerians about the new scam method. She admonished the public to beware when someone approaches them in public, accusing them of making a fake transfer for something they allegedly bought. She told the public to stay vigilant and stay safe because outside is wild.
Yoruba actress, Bimpe Akintunde had laid a heavy curse on a scammer for impersonating her. She questioned how the country would be great when she was struggling hard to build a name and brand, and someone was trying to taint her image by using her picture and name to defraud others.
Similarly, Portable’s baby mama, Ashabi, had called out a scammer who was using her name and picture to scam people. The scammer had slammed her for reporting its page, calling her a stingy girl, as he mocked her for being a side chick and a fourth baby mama. Reacting to it, she begged her fans to help her report and block the account as she noted how she thought she had seen it all. The pregnant actress went on to lay a curse on the scammer.
Actor, Alesh Sanni had placed a N500k bid on a lady who he claimed had been scamming people of millions, and posing as his friend. He revealed that he had reached out to her, hoping for them to settle things in private but her response caught him off guard.
Singer, Peter Okoye had cried out over how online swindlers were using his name to scam people on social media. Responding to a fan who said he wanted N500,000 before the end of the year, Mr. P of PSquare noted how such online begging is the reason why internet fraud is on the rise.
To add to it, Nigerian entrepreneur and businessman Obi Cubana had cried out, after someone was scamming people using his name. Cubana stated that he was not on Twitter and someone had been using his identity to scam people.
