Actress, comedian and film producer, Funke Akindele, came down hard on a conman who attempted to scam her online. On Thursday May 12, the actress was approached on Twitter by a man who claimed to be called Alhaji Ibrahim Hamza, and told her that he would like to discuss a job he was offering her with the Kaduna State Government.
“Hello, I am Engineer Ibrahim, I have a job for you in Kaduna with the state government and I would like us to discuss,” he tweeted at the actress.
Not to be deceived, the brainy actress was quick to respond to the rogue tweet. She replied, “Haha, scammer. Wash! Next time make sure you have a display picture on your page, and also have more followers.”
In an attempt to disprove the notion that he was a con, the so-called Alhaji Ibrahim replied that he did not put up a display picture ‘for security reasons’, going on to ask the diva for her number. He said, “It’s just because of security reasons, that is why I don’t want to display my picture, if you can, send me your number.”
Unwilling to give up, the scammer signed up on Facebook in an attempt at simulating credibility. He also asked the actress to look him up, stating; “Hello, I just registered now, I am not a scammer. Please you can check me on Facebook Ibrahim Hamza.”
