26/06/2025
🚨 REAL SCAM EXPERIENCE – PLEASE READ & SHARE TO PROTECT OTHERS 🚨
I’m not posting this for sympathy — I’m posting this to protect someone else from being scammed the way I was.
Everything seemed so real. But I was deceived.
It all began when a woman — presenting herself as Gidah Maxine Wabosha — kept interacting with my Facebook posts. Out of curiosity, I visited her profile and followed the link to her YouTube channel, which had a large number of subscribers.
I noticed she hadn’t posted in a while, so I messaged her to encourage her — as a fellow content creator — to keep her channel active, since YouTube sometimes removes inactive ones.
She responded very warmly. We started chatting. She spoke confidently about how video promotion really helps, how she had done it too, and then she introduced me to a service called:
👉 https://lionspromotersglobal.company.site/products/pages/terms
At this point, she had already gained my trust. She gave me their whatsaap number
I messaged the team, and right from the start, I was skeptical. I told him so. (You can find attached our messages concerning this).
But he was smooth. Very convincing. He reassured me, sent me what looked like a proper refund policy, details about how their system works, and even what happens if I’m not satisfied - photos of this attached below
It all looked legitimate.
💡 And truthfully, YouTube does allow paid promotions — so nothing felt off at first. I thought this was just one of those third-party promotional services.
So I paid.
💸 Over 43,000 KES (about £250) via MPESA
📞 To Sammy Karani – +254 711 420 186
📍 Nairobi, Kenya – P.O. Box 00100
He started the promotion with one of my videos. I gave it time, patience for a hile but i wasnt getting the results i had hoped for, yet they were in contact with me the whole time which was even morr credible, since december until 3 weeks ago they were still sweet talking but no results. For the past two months i even asked for refund, they pretended to go along with it but never did. It was one story after another. Finally what i had was, No promotion. No growth. No refund. No reply from both the Lady (Wabosha and The guy who is know as Josh). - thats it i was ghosted and blocked by both.
That was when i realised that my instinct was right all along about both of them. They were working together.
She was fake The reassurances were fake. And honestly, I now believe the person pretending to be Wabosha was either an impersonator or involved in the scam.
💔 I ignored my gut. That small voice inside kept saying “something doesn’t feel right” — but I pushed it aside because the presentation was so polished.
So I’m begging you:
⚠️ Don’t trust random people online — even if they seem popular.
⚠️ Don’t engage in conversations about “promotion,” “investment,” or anything that sounds too good to be true.
⚠️ Don’t send money to people you don’t know — even if they have “policies” and “refund rules.”
⚠️ TRUST YOUR INSTINCTS. Please.
This app and the internet in general are full of people pretending to help while setting traps. Especially for creators and small business owners trying to grow.
If you want to promote your channel, use official YouTube Ads or Google tools. It’s the only safe way.
I was scammed — but I will not stay silent. Let my mistake be someone else’s protection. 🙏🏾
Please share this widely.