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Kojo Oppong Nkrumah<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Government of Ghana has cautioned against the use of fake social media accounts to dupe members of the general public.<\/p>\n

According to Government, such unverified accounts are mostly created in the names of public institutions, ministers, members of parliament and other public figures.<\/p>\n

This was made known in a statement issued by the Information Ministry and signed by the Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah on October 26, 2019.<\/p>\n

According to the statement, since August 2019, Ghana\u2019s security agencies have recorded a significant upsurge in the use of fake accounts, particularly on Facebook, to swindle unsuspecting citizens to part with various sums of money and other valuable items.<\/p>\n

It said the security agencies and social media service providers are making efforts to clamp down on such activities.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe public is advised not to transact any pecuniary business with accounts of government functionaries via social media and encouraged to report such incidents to the police immediately,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n

BY Melvin Tarlue<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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