Nollywood actor Bolanle Ninalowo has reacted to the news of his impersonator defrauding a lady of N33 million.
The lady, Victoria Yemisi Ayano, had petitioned the Economic and Financial Crime Commission, EFCC, against his impersonator, Bolanle Azeez, for obtaining money from her under false pretence and cyber fraud.
Reacting to it, Ninalowo noted how his job as an actor hasn’t even paid him N33 million per movie. He questioned what charm the impersonator used on her as he expressed bewilderment at the act.
“This one loud ooo!!
N33,000,000.00 for wetin
Lawyer seff go stee collect hin service fee join!
Which kind juju be dis naaa! Haa!!
Even the Nollywood wey blow me never pay me N33M per film.
Haa Maka! Alaye na to dey use this soundtrack dey go ni ooo!!
Olopa ma ko everybody las las ni ooo!!
Maka gbin gbin”.
In March, Bolanle lamented the multiple accounts on TikTok impersonating him. The actor, who doesn’t use the popular app, questioned how he can open a real account when his name has already been used.
Similarly, 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.
Portable’s baby mama, Ashabi, had called out a scammer who was using her name and picture to scam people. She begged her fans to help her report and block the account as laid 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.
