- Nollywood actress Iyabo Ojo has warned against online impersonation.
- She identified a fake Facebook account using her name and photos.
- The impersonator is misleading the public by pretending to be her.
Nollywood star Iyabo Ojo has issued a stern warning to those impersonating her online.
The actress exposed an individual running a fake Facebook account under her name, using her photos to mislead the public.
According to Iyabo, the impersonator also manages a blog boasting more than 2.7 million followers, where false stories are being published in her name.
She addressed the issue in a video posted on her Instagram, expressing her frustration over the spread of misinformation and the deception of her fans.
She said: “This video is directed to whoever it is that is impersonating me and using my name. It has 2.7 million followers on Facebook. I have tried to report this account to Facebook. The person went and changed it to Iyabo Ojo Lovers, so at the time, Facebook thought it was my fan page. This is not my page. I don’t know who owns it, and I don’t know who created it.
“A lot of people think I own the page. That’s why I joined Facebook myself, to report pages like this. Take my name off this page and my picture. Take it off. Because the next time you will look for this page, it will be gone. I’m not capping with you.
“You’ve used my name to gather 2.7 million followers. If you know you want to be a blogger, don’t be greedy. Create your own identity now. Everything I post on my page, you go and post on this page. You are definitely monitoring me.
“Why are you using my name to be blogging? Making people feel like I’m a blogger. And it’s not funny anymore because you put my pictures there and you blog, you carry different news. It’s madness.
“I know there are a lot of people impersonating me on Facebook, on TikTok, everywhere. But this particular one has been verified and has a lot of followers. Every day I keep getting messages in my DMs like, ‘Did you write this? Did you post this?’”
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