(Nadia Buari. Photo Credit: Nation News)
Ghanaian-Nigerian actress Nadia Buari has raised alarm over WhatsApp impersonators, days after the platform rolled out its new username feature.
WhatsApp recently announced the username feature, which allows users to connect without sharing phone numbers.
In a post shared on social media, the actress said she tried to set up a WhatsApp username but found that every version of her name was already taken.
According to her, “Nadia Buari,” “Nadia S Buari,” “NSB,” and even “theNadiaBuari” were all unavailable.
She described the situation as exhausting and unsettling.
Buari said the development shows how fast fr@udsters and imposters are moving to claim identities online in order to deceive people.
She urged her followers to be careful and stay alert, noting that if impersonators are this quick with usernames, other forms of online scams could be worse.
She expressed frustration at the situation, explaining that while trying to create a WhatsApp username, she discovered that every single variation of her name had already been taken, from “Nadia Buari” to “Nadia S Buari,” “NSB,” and even “theNadiaBuari,” describing the experience as exhausting and somewhat scary.
She said the incident makes it clear that fr@udsters and imposters are lurking everywhere, ready to seize anything that could help them mislead people, and urged the public to stay vigilant, warning that if such individuals can move this quickly with usernames, there is no telling what else they might be capable of.