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IT'S FAKE: Mike Sonko sends stern warning to online scammers.

Enough is enough. It is time to take action
Former Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko has threatened to take stern action against the rising cases of imposters on social media who are using his name to dupe unsuspecting individuals. This comes amidst a growing number of social media pages using his name to solicit funds in the pretence to award beneficiaries only to realize once it is too late that they were tricked into dubious deals. Some of the social media pages shared by the former county boss offered loans and other monetary boosts. 'Sonko soft loans', 'Hon Mike Mbuvi Sonko loans' are some of the pseudo accounts bearing his photos that he reported that demanded that individuals match a certain criteria to qualify for the rewards. "I need to reward 4 people with 150,000 shillings each, a motorcycle" were some of the rewards promised to be distributed attracting hundreds of likes from unsuspecting victims.
Sonko however flagged the pages and threatened to take action. "I hereby declare that through the help of DCI and other government investigative agencies we  are coming for you. Enough is enough from these cons using my name to dupe Kenyans," he declared. According some of the victims who claimed to have fallen for the trap, some had been offered paybill numbers to deposit a registration fee to be enrolled in the lending programs only for them to realise when it was too late. "I saw the adverts on social media and didn't think twice only to realise that the paybill number had no relations with Sonko," claimed one. Others in the comment section had innocently requested to be lent sums of up to 70 thousand shillings. Culprits of the congame are yet to be apprehended.

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