The office of the executive mayor warns the public of social media scam involving the mayor’s personal account
The metro's Information, Communications and Technology Department and the Ekurhuleni Metro Police Department are currently investigating the hacking incident and tracing down the scammers.
The Office of the Executive Mayor warns the public to be aware of a scam that is being carried out by a person claiming to be Mzwandile Masina on social media.
The Spokesperson to the Executive Mayor, Phakamile Mbengashe, said the personal account of the mayor had been hacked by scammers and reports from the public were sent to the mayor’s office informing us that the mayor was allegedly messaging the members of the public on the platform to solicit money.
“The scammer who claims to be the mayor, solicits amounts of money ranging from R800 from people by requesting an e-wallet as he is struggling to open his banking application on his smartphone.
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“The Office of the Executive Mayor urges the public not to respond to these messages and under no condition should they send the scammer money.
“Should members of the public receive any suspicious request from a social media account claiming to be the mayor, we urge them to please report the incident to 0800-102-201,” he said
