{"id":36026,"date":"2016-04-08T07:12:24","date_gmt":"2016-04-08T07:12:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/za\/2016\/04\/08\/khanyi-mbau-warns-against-facebook-scammers\/"},"modified":"2016-04-08T07:12:24","modified_gmt":"2016-04-08T07:12:24","slug":"khanyi-mbau-warns-against-facebook-scammers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/za\/2016\/04\/08\/khanyi-mbau-warns-against-facebook-scammers\/","title":{"rendered":"Khanyi Mbau Warns Against Facebook Scammers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"the-post\">\n<p><!-- .entry-header-outer \/--><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<!-- .share-buttons \/--><\/p>\n<div class=\"featured-area\">\n<div class=\"featured-area-inner\">\n<figure class=\"single-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"472\" height=\"470\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/mbau1.png\" class=\"attachment-jannah-image-post size-jannah-image-post wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" is_main_img=\"1\"  \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content entry clearfix\">\n<p><!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quickadsense.com\/ --><\/p>\n<p>Actress and TV personality Khanyi Mbau has warned against social media fraudsters who are using her name to scam people of their money without her knowledge. The scammers are reportedly using her famous identity to sell facial products.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17931\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/mbau1.png\" alt=\"mbau1\" width=\"601\" height=\"598\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Mbau who normally gets paid to endorse beauty products shared a video on her Instagram page warning her fans against the scammers. \u201cI do not sell in social media\u201d, she wrote.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quickadsense.com\/ --><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 658px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-version=\"6\">\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>This is not the first time a celebrity\u2019s identity has been used to sell products on social media without their knowledge. 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