Nollywood star Bolanle Ninalowo has issued a warning to fans after receiving an email from a woman who accused him of swindling her out of $5,000 in a romance scam.

Ninalowo shared a screenshot of the email, in which the woman threatened to expose him to media outlets in Nigeria and the United States. She alleged she had receipts, emails, screenshots, and bank transactions as evidence, claiming he had been involved with her for over two years.

The email partly read:

“Hey Scam Master. You crying about losing funds with Instagram because of my truthful comments of your romance scamming, you have left me no choice but to report you to every media outlets in Nigeria and America, and the 5000 dollars you scammed from me, is just enough for the FBI to consider it a felony, I have receipts for every dollar taken, and I have enough pictures, emails, screenshots and checks, not to mention the bank transactions, turning it all in this morning, to my attorney who specializes in international scams and fraud. King Daddy Nino, oh I mean Bolanle Ninalowo your 2+ years of romance scamming me is over!”

Reacting, Ninalowo made it clear that he has no ties to romance scams and urged his fans to be on guard against impersonators. He stressed that anyone claiming to be him online is a fraud.

In his caption, he wrote:

“So after this madam realizes she has been scammed, then she does her due diligence to find the REAL Bolanle Ninalowo’s IG & Email and ever since, na so so emails of threat & accusations! I really hope you & many others who fall victim to these impersonators WAKE UP 😥. Note: if anyone on this Gods own earth is in a current or about to initiate an online relationship with any one of the many supposed ME’s, YOU ARE BEING SCAMMED or are about to! So 🏃🏃🏃. Enough said 🛑 Maka 🦍.”

The actor emphasized that he is active only on his verified social media accounts and advised fans to avoid getting trapped in fake online relationships with impersonators.