Beware, we have no TikTok account, EFCC warns
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"The Commission has no Tik-Tok account and the public is advised to discountenance any such account bearing the insignia of the Commission."
The Economic And Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has alerted the public to the activities of fraudsters who used six fake TikTok accounts bearing its logo.
In a post shared on its Facebook platform, the EFCC denied have having any TikTok account.
The post read: “The attention of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has been drawn to activities of some fraudsters who on Thursday, 27 February, 2025, organised a live session on a Tik-Tok platform using the Commission’s logo to generate traffic and defraud unsuspecting members of the public.
“The fraudsters used six fake accounts all bearing the logo of the Commission and names of non-existent directorates.
“Among the names and logos used for the fraudulent live session are: ‘EFCC of Nigeria’, ‘EFCC Lagos’, ‘EFCC Delta’, ‘EFCC of Benin’, ‘EFCC of Jos,’ and ‘EFCC Saga.’
“The Commission has no Tik-Tok account and the public is advised to discountenance any such account bearing the insignia of the Commission.”
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