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Susan Knox

Scarlett Moffatt sobs after stranger attempts to kidnap her at train station

Scarlett Moffatt has been left traumatised after a stranger attempted to kidnap her at a train station on Wednesday night.

The former Gogglebox star, 31, sobbed on her Instagram stories as she detailed the horrifying encounter with the terrifying stranger.

A shaken Scarlett explained the ordeal through tears as she urged her followers to 'keep safe' while walking the streets alone.

Scarlett explained that a man who had been 'stalking her' on social media, came up behind her and shouted: "You’re coming home with me.”

The reality TV star issued a stark warning to her followers about the dangers of posting your location on social media as she urged people to be more careful while using Instagram location settings.

Scarlett explained that a man who had been 'stalking her' on social media, came up behind her (scarlettmoffatt/Instagram)
The star looked visibly shaken (scarlettmoffatt/Instagram)

Scarlett's horrifying encounter occurred at King's Cross train station after she revealed on her Instagram stories that she was on her way to London.

The 'creepy' man met Scarlett at the station, after working out her whereabouts, and proceeded to get her to go home with him.

Thankfully, the TV star was saved from being abducted as two train guards spotted the commotion. They then rescued her the man before escorting her back to her hotel to safety.

Scarlett looked visibly shaken as she detailed the horror story on her Instagram, as she explained: "Right, I’m going to do this video, and not for attention or anything like that.

TV star was saved from being abducted as two train guards spotted the commotion (scarlettmoffatt/Instagram)
Scarlett shared her location online (scarlettmoffatt/Instagram)

“Firstly I want to say a massive thank you to Neil and Danny who work for LNER, because it isn’t in your job description to walk me all the way to my hotel and I really, really appreciate it. I’m going to tag LNER so that they can see this because honestly, I don’t know what I would have done without you.

"I’m doing this so that people realise the importance of using social media and not always posting where you are.

“I stupidly, naively posted on Instagram saying, ‘Off to London on the train’ and when I got into King’s Cross station there was a guy there. Sorry, I’ve composed myself. I think, because Danny and Neil were there, I stayed calm.

“But this guy came at me and said, ‘Scarlett, I’ve been waiting for you. You’re coming home with me.’ And then I said, ‘Oh no, thank you’ and walked off.

She sobbed on her stories (scarlettmoffatt/Instagram)
Scarlett Moffatt breaks down in tears after attempted kidnap by stranger (scarlettmoffatt/Instagram)

“And then he followed me and was like, ‘Scarlett, Scarlett, you’re coming home with me. I’m taking you home with me.’

Scarlett went on to explain how the two train guards saved her as she pretended that she was 'with them'.

She went on: "And then luckily the train guard’s seen us, because it was just outside King’s Cross station, and then was like, ‘Come over here! Oh, Scarlett, hiya!’, pretending that I was like with them, and then walked me to my hotel.”

“I think it’s just hit us how actually scary that was. But I want to say to you, do not post where you are, you don’t know who’s looking at your stories. But I want to post a picture of Danny and Neil, the absolute legends that they are.

“I’m actually going to post this picture tomorrow because I’ve realised that you can probably tell what hotel I’m in by posting it. Oh my word, I’ve never even thought of this before. Please, people, be careful what you’re posting.”

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