An encounter with a blogger

Iv always been ignorant about the word "blog" or blogger. That is before I joined WA. Reason being, where I come from that word creates suspicion among most people, because blogging is mostly associated with a person who will dig some information about you and post it on social media.

A couple of months ago, somebody unfamiliar sent me a friend request on fb, after a few weeks, I reluctantly accepted the request. later on I decided to find out who he was, although his names indicated he was a Kenyan and we were from the same community. When he introduced himself as a blogger, my first reaction was to run for the hills, but I decided to wait and engage him more before I figure out my next step.

What followed later was a combination of fear and mistrust, I never met him personally although I had the chance to do so but I didn't find it necessary. After chatting for a few days, he texted me and asked me to send him $ 50.00 which is a lot of money by our currency rating.. That is KSH 5,250 to be precise.

He texted me from a hospital and told me that one of his kids has been taken ill with pneumonia, and needed to be admitted to that hospital, but he didn't have enough to pay for the admission. I became suspicious and asked him several questions then I asked him to send me a photo of his son in that hospital, since I knew that hospital very well. That didn't happen at all, and for three days he kept asking for that money, which started to annoy me and I told him I didn't owe him any money.

The bottom line is he proved my fears correct about his job description because although he was a blogger he was a con artist as well. I disconnected all communication with him.

That encounter added more fear to me about all the stories I had heard about blogging. I now know different since I joined WA because iv learned what a blogger is and that blogging is a career like any other..