Nigerian actor Bolanle Ninalowo has lamented over the multiple accounts on TikTok impersonating him.
Taking to his Instagram page to share a clip of the multiple TikTok accounts with his name, Bolanle, who doesn’t use the popular app, questioned how he can open a real account when his name has already been used.
“Dang! And I am not even on TikTok
How do I now open a REAL account?
People dey para ooo!!!”.
See some reactions via the comment section,
One Brownshugar_23 wrote, “1 million accounts opened in your name already? Omo meh
One Themagnificentcloset wrote, “No be small thing
One Therealfemi wrote, “This is crãzy; I sent a DM of a name suggestion
One Narry Collections wrote, “Wow see as disciples plenty
One Tuttprice wrote, “Yikes! Very disturbing but flattering at the same time?
One The_tafa wrote, “Omo, nobody dey sleep for this country again. Everybody just dey find money.”
A few months back, 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. In a later post, he made a threat as he expressed sadness at how people were scamming one another, despite the hardship in the country.
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.