The Ministry of Police has noted with concern the proliferation of social media accounts purported to be belonging to Minister Bheki Cele.
This was despite a warning being issued two years ago by this office against such fake social media accounts. The minister has no social media account, be it private or official.
"Minister Cele has denounced any social media account in his name as fake and has issued a stern warning to those impostors whose motive for impersonating the minister cannot be for anything else but to draw unsuspecting social media users into their criminal activities," the ministry said in a statement on Friday.
"One such account has just under 60 000 followers who wrongfully believe that they are following and interacting with Police Minister General Bheki Cele, which is not the case. "It is on this same principle that some citizens who are active on social media may want to share similar anonymous tip-offs, only for such information to fall into the wrong hands of these impostors.
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