The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has alerted public attention to the existence of fake Twitter Accounts supposedly belonging to the the new executive chairman of the Commission, Mr Abdulrasheed Bawa.
Three of the fake accounts created in the last few days are: @AbdurasheedBawa,@AbdulrBawa and@AbdulrashidBaw1; have been attracting followers in droves, believing they were dealing with the EFCC boss.
According to the Commission, at least, more than 500 unsuspecting Nigerians have been hoodwinked by the promoters of these fake platforms.
The Commission further stated that these twitter accounts did not belong to Mr Bawa, and should be disregarded.
The EFCC, according to the statement, “equally wishes to remind members of the public that unauthorised use of the name and image of someone else, is identity theft, a criminal offence.”
The Commission said it would not hesitate to bring the full weight of the law on any erring individual or group.
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