Scam Watch: Tokunbo Afikuyomi, a former senator, has narrated how fraudsters hacked his phone, highjacked his WhatsApp and deceived his friends to transfer millions of naira to them.
The former senator said the scammers on Saturday morning “temporarily seized control” of his WhatsApp, a messaging application.
Afikuyomi, in a statement on Sunday, said the hackers sent fraudulent messages to his friends demanding money on his behalf.
The former senator said some of his friends called him via the telephone to confirm the fraudulent request while others “innocently sent” millions of naira to the accounts provided by the scammers.
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