Becoming the latest celebrity whose identity has been used for online fraud, the 'It Wasn't Me' hitmaker stresses that the requests for money are not coming from him nor his representatives.
- October 18, 2019
AceShowbiz - Shaggy has warned his fans that it wasn't him posting pleas to send him money online, but internet scammers.
The reggae legend, best known for his huge hit "It Wasn't Me", released in 2000, took to Instagram on Wednesday, October 16, to share that someone, or several fraudsters were pretending to be him and asking for money online.
"It has come to my attention that there have been posts online from people purporting to be me and hitting up my fans for money while making false claims that they owe me something," he wrote in a statement. "I would like to make it clear that these are nothing more than an internet scam."
Bemoaning the fact that innocent fans had fallen for the scam, he added: "They are not from me nor do they represent me in any way. It saddens me that this has become our reality and that innocent people are being dragged in to this ridiculousness."
Shaggy is not the first star to find his identity used for online fraud, as Idris Elba, Dwayne Johnson a.k.a. The Rock, and Hugh Jackman have all had to warn their followers to be wary of charlatans claiming to be them.
