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By Olarewaju Falayi

Activities of Scammers using the fake social media accounts of the Vice Chancellor of the Federal University, Oye Ekiti (FUOYE), Professor Abayomi Sunday Fasina, to impersonate, dupe and defraud the unsuspecting members of the public has been exposed.

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A statement by Wole Balogun, the Special Adviser on Media Matters to the FUOYE Vice-Chancellor, Professor Fasina has alerted the general public on the use of fake social media platforms of the Vice Chancellor by Scammers. 

Balogun in his press release made available to newsmen in Ado-Ekiti at the weekend, alerted the members of the public that there are several facebook accounts already created by internet scammers wth various pictures and profiles of the Vice Chancellor.

The statement reads in part: “Members of the public are hereby alerted on the antics of scammers and internet fraudsters who are posing on various social media accounts, especially the Facebook, as the Vice-Chancellor , Federal University Oye-Ekiti and impersonating the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Abayomi Sunday Fasina, with an intention to manipulate and defraud unsuspecting members of the public who are seeking friendship or some other favours from the VC. 

There are more than five fake Facebook accounts we have discovered which have been created by the evil internet scammers to manipulate unsuspecting Facebook users.

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Members of the public are warned to be very careful in dealing with such internet fraudsters as anyone or organisation who transact business or any other matters with such people is doing such at his or her own risk.

Furthermore, the Vice Chancellor does not interact with the public on social media for any reason whatsoever.

Finally, all members of the public are hereby advised to follow the channels laid by Federal University Oye-Ekiti in obtaining relevant information or transactions.

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made available to newsmen in Ado-Ekiti at the weekend, alerted the members of the public that there are several facebook accounts already created by internet scammers wth various pictures and profiles of the VC. 

The statement reads in part: “Members of the public are hereby alerted on the antics of scammers and internet fraudsters who are posing on various social media accounts , especially the Facebook, as the Vice-Chancellor , Federal University Oye-Ekiti and impersonating the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Abayomi Sunday Fasina, with an intention to manipulate and defraud unsuspecting members of the public who are seeking friendship or some other favours from the VC. 

There are more than   five fake Facebook accounts we have discovered which have been created by the evil internet scammers to manipulate unsuspecting Facebook users.

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Members of the public are warned to be very careful in dealing with such internet fraudsters as anyone or organisation who transact business or any other matters with such people is doing such at his or her  own risk.

Furthermore, the VC does not interact with the public on social media for any reason whatsoever. Finally, all members of the public are hereby advised to follow the channels laid by Federal University Oye-Ekiti in obtaining relevant information or transactions.

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