General Overseer, The Redeemed Christian
Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has said some people are
impersonating him on Facebook.
He said the impersonators were fond of
demanding money from unsuspecting members of the public and he (Adeboye)
urged people to verify the authenticity of messages credited to him
before heeding to such instructions.
He said, “Please be very careful what
you easily fall for. There are some persons going around creating false
Facebook pages or names, claiming they are Pastor E. A. Adeboye.
All you have to do is a search for them
on Facebook and they will add you and then pretend to be me, telling you
to send some money into an account and because they know you will obey
me, they are using this as a new form of fraud. Please stop them and
report those pages to Facebook so they can be stopped.”
Adeboye said a member of the church had
reported to him on how he had been ordered by an impersonator to pay
certain sums of money into a bank account for a trip to India.
As of press time, over 3000 comments had been made in response to the Adeboye’s warning.
One of such comments posted by Olawale
Oluwaseun read, “Those that want to spoil your name sir, God will punish
them with His most dangerous punishment. Bless you sir”
Another fan, Agbodi Desire, said,
“Daddy, please don’t mind those 419 people, true Christians will not
fall into their trap. God will not allow us to fall into their hands.
Thank you for the information Daddy.”
However, some other Facebook users seized the opportunity of the Internet traffic on Adeboye’s post to advertise their products.
SOURCE: The Punch - Nigeria's Most Widely Read Newspaper 30 August 2012.
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