Daniel O’Donnell says scammers impersonating him on-line are ‘so convincing’

Singer Daniel O’Donnell mentioned scammers pretending to be him on-line to steal cash had been “so convincing” and informed followers he would “by no means ask you for cash”.

The 63-year-old just lately noticed a pretend Fb account pretending to be him, responding to feedback on his official web page asking followers to contact him privately.

Talking on ITV’s Good Morning Britain, he mentioned: “I stress out so typically, I make movies saying I will not contact you, I will by no means ask you for cash.

“I do not cost for conferences as a result of I meet individuals after each present, I do not cost for sending a video to somebody.

“So there is no different cause than to get a ticket to return see a live performance or purchase a file, which is not even now, or a CD, there is no different time it’s important to pay cash, definitely not on to me.

“I’ve uploaded movies saying to not work together with individuals on Fb as a result of it will not be me, and folks nonetheless get caught.”

He went on to clarify that one in all his actual associates was deceived by the rip-off.

O’Donnell added: “A pal of mine, who’s a nun within the convent, within the police pressure or in the home guards, contacted us. I went to see her on WhatsApp, she had already given cash on an Apple Pay card.

“It was that I used to be going to return go to on Friday, and I wanted cash to get the ticket, it’s loopy.”

The Irish star defined that when he introduced his participation within the present on the social media platform, his publish acquired a remark from a pretend account thanking followers for his or her assist and asking them to ship him a message.

He added: “It is unlucky, they usually’re so convincing they usually appear to have the ability to use the suitable phrases.

“However while you, should you’re studying this, ‘thanks on your love and assist,’ I’d by no means begin a sentence like that, and about what occurred final night time, it has nothing to do with the message.

“It has nothing to do with what was mentioned, as a result of it was ‘we’re right here to speak about scams’, and then you definately say ‘thanks on your love and assist’, there is no connection between the 2.

Presenter Richard Madeley, whose scammers additionally created a pretend account, defined that the pretend O’Donnell account lacked an apostrophe and solely had one pal, however the singer mentioned even he “would not know not” and might be satisfied by the rip-off.

O’Donnell was joined on the present by cybersecurity knowledgeable Jake Moore, who urged followers to report the account to Fb, which he mentioned “actually helps.”

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He suggested viewers: “Persist with official channels. If there was an actual meet and greet with Daniel or any superstar, it might be on their web site, it might be below the lights, it might be an enormous factor.

“So keep on the official web site, but in addition on the official fan web page, and will probably be authenticated with a test mark, now it is not a pretend test mark emoji, so be sure to take a look at the true blue and white test mark, and then you definately I can belief that if it is there.

“And it’ll have many followers, it is not going to solely be realized in the previous few days.”