Nadia Buari Warns Fans Over WhatsApp Impersonators
Popular Ghanaian-Nigerian actress, Nadia Buari has raised alarm over WhatsApp impersonators, just days after the platform launched its new username feature.
It was gathered that, WhatsApp recently introduced the username feature, letting users connect without sharing phone numbers.
In an Instagram post, the actress said she tried to create a WhatsApp username but discovered every version of her name was already taken.
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“I was trying to create this WhatsApp username thing, only to realize every single variation of my name is already gone. Every. Single. One,” she stated.
According to her, ‘Nadia Buari’, ‘Nadia S Buari’, ‘NSB’, and even ‘theNadiaBuari’ were all unavailable.
“Nadia Buari…Taken. Nadia S Buari…Taken. NSB….Taken. Even theNadiaBuari—like, seriously?!” she said.
She called the situation exhausting and unsettling. “It’s exhausting and honestly kind of scary,” Buari stated.
She warned followers to be careful and stay alert, saying if impersonators are this quick with usernames, other scams could be worse.
“At this point, it’s clear fraudsters and imposters are lurking everywhere, ready to snatch up anything just to mislead people. Please, be careful out there and stay vigilant—because if they’re this quick with usernames, imagine what else they’re up to,” she added.
By ABDULBAQI JIBREEL AJAO
