There’s a new scam in town! The Safaricom Free Airtime Facebook Page!! This page, which is using the corporate trademark and name of telecommunications giant Safaricom has been purporting to offer Kenyans free airtime. The page has been asking for phone numbers in exchange for free airtime.
In pursuit of the free airtime, Kenyans have been blindly posting their private phone numbers on the page, in hope that they can receive voice airtime amounting to at least Sh. 2,500.
In fact, some Kenyans have been posting their service troubles on the page fully convinced that the page could link them up to Safaricom’s customer care desk. Currently, the page has garnered 17,000 likes. One of the updates on the page:
“Hello Family¦ During yesterday’s draw we got 2500 winners of free Airtime worth #5K therefore we are looking for other 7500.Winners to stand the chance and win lots of prizes with us. [ #NOTE Our aim this week is to get 50000LIKES on our official page.’ @SHARE OUR INFO IN GROUPS YOU KNOW AND INVITE NEW LIKES FOR US] #JOIN_THE_NETWORK_THAT_GIVES.”
The official Safaricom’s Url is https://www.facebook.com/SafaricomLtd?fref=ts
The new fake page is operating under the Url https://www.facebook.com/adbsafecom
Beware, do not be duped!