Exposed: Read how fake ‘Osinbajo’ dupes Nigerians
– Fraudsters are currently preying on those who send a friend request to a fake Facebook account of Dolapo Osinbajo, wife of Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo
– The tactics employed by the imposters are so convincing because the said replies often given by the fraudsters during the chats are so motherly and cordial
The activities of some fraudsters who opened a Facebook account in the name of Mrs. Dolapo Osinbajo, wife of Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo as a means to dupe unsuspecting job seekers has been exposed.
Impostors now dupe desperate job seekers through a Facebook account opened in the name of Mrs. Dolapo Osinbajo, wife of Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo.
The Punch reports that the imposters prey on those who send a friend request to the account with the belief that it belonged to Dolapo Osinbajo.
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After being a friend on Facebook with the supposed VP’s wife, the fraudsters would attempt to dupe the sender after a chat is initiated.
‘‘The chat usually started with greetings after which the person, who was always overjoyed meeting such a personality online, would plead for employment assistance. The fraudsters posing as the VP’s wife would then give the person a number to call in the Nigeria Customs Service for employment consideration,’’ one of the victims said.
According to a victim, the tactics employed by the impostors are so convincing because the said replies often given by the fraudsters during the chats were so motherly and cordial that it could be difficult to doubt if it was not the VP’s wife one was chatting with.
The victim said:”It was always a genial chat with words of encouragement and prayers all the way.’’
One of the victims who identified himself as Charles told the Punch that he sent a friend request to the supposed VP’s wife on Facebook because he has so much respect for her.
He said:‘‘When I saw the account, I sent a friend request immediately because the VP’s wife is somebody I have a high respect for. I respect the Osinbajos so much because of their pedigree. Being a member of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, I had benefitted from the spiritual teachings of Prof. Yemi Osinbajo. After sometime, the request was accepted and I sent some greetings to her one day that I was online. Few weeks later, I saw her online again and decided to tell her about my employment problem. She offered to fix me up in the Nigeria Customs Service.’’
Charles said he started suspecting fraud when the person she directed him to call requested him to pay N5, 000 compulsorily for a recruitment form.
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Further investigation by Punch revealed that that job seekers were always directed to one William with mobile number 07089987414 by the fake Mrs. Osinbajo. William would later direct them to pay into a First bank account; 3100769983, belonging to one Utako Jerry.
This is not the first times fraudsters would be posing as eminent Nigerians to dupe unsuspecting members of the public, in time past, the public have been warned of fake social media accounts of former Lagos state governor Babatunde Fashola and former president Olusegun Obasanjo among others.
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