The general overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has warned social media – especially Facebook – users to be mindful of how they interact with the media. According to the cleric, some unscrupulous elements are using his name to defraud unsuspecting social media users.
The cleric said “Please be very careful what you easily fall for. There are some persons going around creating false Facebook pages or names, claiming they are Pastor E. A. Adeboye… All you have to do is a search for them on Facebook and they will add you and then pretend to be me, telling you to send some money into an account and because they know you will obey me, they are using this as a new form of fraud. Please stop them and report those pages to Facebook so they can be stopped.”
He also told of a member of the church who had reported to him on how he had been ordered by an impersonator to pay certain sums of money into a bank account for a trip to India.
About a couple of weeks ago, information hit the media about how Pastor Adeboye had instructed not to put on anything with the colour Red on a particular day, a rumour which was later denied by the revered pastor. It seems some people just take delight in causing unnecessary tension. While using the social media for fraud and other illicit activities should – and cannot – be excused, users of the social media too have to be very careful.
