The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) took to its platforms and social media pages to warn Nigerian about the ongoing Davido data and airtime giveaway.
The giveaway rumor stirred up days after Davido announce his N250million donation to orphanages across Nigeria.
The NCC Director of Public Affairs, Dr. Ikechukwu Adinde released a statement which reads;
“Exploiting Davido’s benevolence, a group of scammers rolled out an advertorial titled, “Davido Airtime and Data Giveaway”, which went viral, claiming Davido is ‘giving out free 5k airtime and 10gb internet data of all networks’ to celebrate his birthday.
“In the advertorial, the general public is urged to hurry and get the gift by clicking on the links that supposedly redirect them to network sites, where they will be credited with airtime and data. This is a scam.
“NCC wishes to advise our teeming telecom consumers to have nothing to do with the advert or any similar bogus enticements. The adverts are what they are – social engineering rip-offs designed to get people’s Mobile Station Integrated Services Digital Network (MSISDN) number and other information that fraudsters can use later to defraud unsuspecting telecom consumers and members of the public.”
