TV presenter Carol Vorderman has issued a warning after being hit by Instagram scammers.
The 61-year-old former Countdown maths genius, TV host and radio personality, who has more than 200,000 followers on Instagram, has discovered several fake accounts trying to impersonate her.
She took to social media to issue a fresh alert after finding the latest fake account - pretending to seek information about imposters. She told the fakers to 'get a life and stop with this obsession. It's pathetic.'
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"I've just been sent this from someone alerting me to the fact that this fake account is trying to get information from them. Crazily this imposter is pretending to want information about imposters. Jeez.
"Here's the thing. This account @carolvorders and my van account @vordervan are the ONLY ACCOUNTS I HAVE.
"If you get any mesaage from any other account pretending to be me. It isn't me. I am only on here and @vordervan. And a message to ALL the fake account pretenders.....get a life and stop with this obsession. It's pathetic.
"Anyway to the rest of us....have a great day."
This is not the first time Vorderman has been targeted by scammers and has warned others about fake accounts. She issued a warning in January over another scam.
The TV presenter was inundated with messages of support on her Instagram post.
Comedian Paul O'Grady wrote: "Another illiterate cretin with nothing better to do. I’ve got a few myself asking for money in aid of various ‘charities’. I keep telling people if the account doesn’t have a blue tick then it’s not a valid one. Instagram needs to do something about these ever increasing scammers. Anyway, I’m very impressed that you travel around in your van with a team of your very own Private Investigators. Can I borrow a couple?"
Annhood730 wrote: "Carol I had someone steal my Instagram account about two years ago . Got my friends like Liz Brewer following them . They stole my photos of my god children . Well my life . Contacted Instagram and nothing happened . I can’t find the person now . They were based in Germany I believe . Well done you for doing it . I’m right there with you . I hate this celebrity thing that they use you guys to support products that you have never been involved with . It’s outrageous . I think there may be a law to prosecute now ??? I’m not sure . People trust some well known solid celebs like you and put their trust and money into scamming . Just horrendous . You go girl"
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