Popular actress and filmmaker Funke Akindele has lashed out at an impersonator using her name to scam people.
She identified the fraudster as Prosper.
The actress took to her X page to call out the criminal and wrote:
“Pls beware!!! This is not from me!! Prosper!!! E no go prosper for you o!!! Ole!!!”
See her post and comments below:
ajayiyout: “So person go message you and because you see Funke name and picture you go send ham money lol.”
Oluwanifemii “Ahhh prosper using a whole funke name to beg.”
DamilolaTolu1: “Anyone that sends the money should get a knock.”
Ahlexmoralex: “Omo people go fall for this thing o .. cause she be celebrity.. God punish this guy for real.”
salawudeenth6: “I beg you ma don’t let this slide make you the person is arrested at least through his BVN OR NIN.”
realboiidentic “Dem don dey do local celeb in Nigeria now I think say na Oyinbo dem be dey use ooo, prosper why.”
tdanielwriteup “Scam, how can @funkeakindele be asking a stranger for 200,000. They don play the mugu.”
Pls beware!!! This is not from me!! Prosper!!! E no go prosper for you o!!! Ole!!! pic.twitter.com/EOYMyd5oNx
— Funke Akindele (@funkeakindele) August 25, 2024