Nigeria’s Minister of Sports, Sunday Dare has become the latest victim of cyber crime.
According to a press release from the Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports Development, the Face Book account of the minister has been hacked.
The statement further revealed that the mischievous scammers are already perpetuating crime with it and soliciting for contracts.
The statement signed by the Ministry’s Director of press & Public Relations, Mrs. AB Lere-Adams partly reads:
“Information available to Management and the Honourable Minister, confirms that fraudsters have hacked into his face book account impersonating the Minister and soliciting for contracts from the Federal Government, this is totally false and misleading.
“For the records, the Ministry and indeed the Honourable Minister wish to notify the general public to carefully verify all information emanating from the Minister’s social media platforms, as these hackers are out to smear the image of Mr Sunday Dare, the Ministry and in effect the Federal Government of Nigeria.
“The general public is kindly advised to be well guided please.”
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