UGANDA, Kampala | Real Muloodi News | Fraudsters are using the likeness of businessman and real estate Muloodi, Hamis Kiggundu (aka Ham) promote an online scam.
The management of Ham Enterprises released a statement yesterday to alert the general public of the scam, and clarify that Ham has nothing to do with the ‘EZ Earn- money making app’ by Vestas UGA.
“It has come to our attention that there are some criminals impersonating Mr Hamis Kiggundu to defraud unsuspecting customers using their website: Vestasuga.com,” the statement reads.
“This is to alert the General Public that this site has nothing to do with Hamis Kiggundu or his businesses. The Public is therefore cautioned not to lose their money to these scammers,” cautions Ham Enterprises Management.
Under the slogan “Make Money together”, the site prompts users to enter their mobile number and a password, or download their mobile app, without offering any other details.
The domain was only created 10th of November 2022, so it is still very new. Notwithstanding, appfigures.com shows the app has already scored between 10K – 50K downloads in that short time. It shows the following description:
What is EZ Earn?
EZ Earn is committed to building an information sharing platform, finding and sharing reliable projects, allowing more people to participate in the construction of projects and sharing the profits brought by projects. Since the inception of this model, it has attracted more than 1 million people to participate.
As long as you are an adult and have some judgment, you can use EZ Earn, which is easy to understand and makes earning a little easier. More than 1 million people have already participated in the sharing economy, download EZ Earn, let’s make money together, and work together to build a better world. If you have any questions, you can contact us through the in-app customer service.
What EZ Earn can bring you:
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- EZ Earn is a completely free information sharing platform and will not charge you any fees;
- The platforms that EZ Earn cooperates with are completely legal and reliable, and these projects will be certified by the local government first;
- The profit brought by the project is completely shared by the members, and EZ Earn will not charge any handling fee;
- Reliable items are endorsed by some big brands.
It shows the app being created by one ‘Andrew Ackley’, likely a fake name. Further, the identity of the owner of the website is hidden on WHOIS.
Several scam detecting websites such as scam-detector.com and scamadviser.com give the site a low trust rating, warning users of the likelihood it may be a scam with a threat rating and Phishing Score of over 50%.
Phishing is the fraudulent on-line practice of inducing individuals to reveal personal information, such as phone numbers and passwords.
By signing up or downloading apps like this one, unscrupulous data brokers collect not just your phone number, but your name and address, and more. They sell all this to third parties that work for a multi-billion industry a year. Your personal data is used by buyers for changing your financial rates, sending you spam emails and targeted advertisements and to blast you with telemarketing calls. Crooks use all your data without remorse. Be warned!
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