BBC Breakfast’s Naga Munchetty issues stern warning as fans targeted by scammer
BBC Breakfast’s Naga Munchetty has put out a warning after her fans were targeted by a scammer online.
The news presenter took to Instagram and posted a photo of a fake account created by someone impersonating her.
The account had used a photo of Naga, 48 on The Weakest Link as their profile picture.
In the bio, it read: “Born to be real. Personal private account for text.”
Naga quickly informed fans that this was not her, confirming that she only has one Instagram account.
In the caption she penned: “This account is not mine.
It is impersonating me. My account is @tvnaga.”
Fans flocked to the comments section to tell Naga how they reported the account and to share their experience receiving messages from it with many dubbing it a “scam”.
One wrote: “Yes Naga I got a request but I knew it was fake.”
A second added: “I did report it and notify you of it.”
A third penned: “Are you for real Naga? You’re not a double bluff? My uncle got scammed by someone doing that.”
A fourth wrote: “Yep. I think it was a scam. Glad it’s been removed.”
A fifth added: “I reported it for you beautiful!”
The account is no longer active after all of Naga’s supporters reported it.