Fake: Econet dismisses social media message

There has been a message that has been circulating on social media platforms indicating that Econet Wireless had received a ministerial directive to clear EcoCash balances in customers’ wallets.

By ZimFact Staff

Fungai Mandiveyi, Media Relations and Communications Executive for Econet Wireless in a written response says Econet Wireless has distanced itself from a message doing rounds on some social media platforms claiming that the company had been instructed under ministerial directive to clear all EcoCash wallet balances to 0.00.

He says the company spokesperson issued a statement dismissing the message.

“We would like to urge our customers to ignore the fake and malicious message being circulated in some social media circles purporting to be coming from Econet and alleging that Econet received a directive to clear all EcoCash balances to zero,” read the statement.

He reiterated that the message is not coming from Econet Wireless or any of its group of companies.
“We wish to assure our customers and the public at large that their EcoCash balances are safe and secure,” read the statement.

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