The Minister of Information and Member of Parliament for Ofoase-Ayirebi Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has made it known to the public he has reported some persons are taking advantage of social media platforms of government officials to dupe unsuspecting victims to the National Security.
According him, he has received several reports of people using fake social media accounts to demand money from unsuspecting victims in exchange for opportunities, in his name.
The Minister in a Facebook post on Tuesday, April 28, 2020 cautioned the general public to be wary of such fraudulent persons who have taken advantage of the existing global crisis to dupe people.
“It has come to my notice that a good number of persons are falling victim to fraudulent persons purporting to be me on social media.”
“Please note that I do not solicit for nor provide any protocol opportunities to people either in person or via social media”.
The Minister has therefore urged Ghanaians to ignore or report to the police any of such persons soliciting payments in his name.
He further stated he has reported such activities to the appropriate security agencies for investigations to be carried out.
