{"id":433,"date":"2017-09-20T05:01:17","date_gmt":"2017-09-20T03:01:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.com\/sa\/?p=433"},"modified":"2017-09-20T05:01:17","modified_gmt":"2017-09-20T03:01:17","slug":"somizi-warns-imposter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/sa\/somizi-warns-imposter\/","title":{"rendered":"Somizi Warns of an Imposter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Somizi\u2019s manager Thato Matuka,speaking to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeslive.co.za\/tshisa-live\/\">Tshisa Live<\/a> said that the Celebrity had fallen victim to a phishing scam.<\/p>\n<p>He said hackers gained control of Somizi\u2019s phone and have been sending messages to contacts asking them to send up to R3\u201a000 via eWallet\u201a because he urgently needed money.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI got the message and was immediately suspicious. 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