George Bowie warns fans of scammers as fake GBX social media accounts ask for money

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Scots radio DJ George Bowie has warned fans about fake social media accounts impersonating him and asking for cash. The Clyde 1 presenter took to Twitter today to say that the scammers were rife at the moment and that he would never ask for card details for competitions.

In a tweet he wrote: "There are so many fake profiles of GBX at the moment it's terrifying. Please, please, please don't give anyone who claims to be me your bank details it's a total scam.

They seem to set them up daily. I don't run competitions on Social Media and never will. Report it if you get 1."One account which was circulating on Facebook, claiming to be the DJ, was running a 'competition' where fans had to enter their personal details.In the competition post, it reads: "We collaborated with our sponsors to do a RANDOM SEARCH from 2016 - 2022 to choose 20 lucky people to get: "SPECIAL PRIZE £1000" EXCLUSIVE!

ONLY FOR 20 PEOPLE. Meet the conditions now : 1. Follow and like this post 2. Register & verify your name : Thank you to all parties and sponsors who have helped make this moment happen."And in the comments one fan wrote: "I continue and it asks for my card information, is that normal??" And the impersonator replied: "Yes, that's normal, card details are used to facilitate your registration as well as to avoid cheating, because every winner must go through a verification stage, then the card details function to ensure you are the person I chose and are really valid." This is not the first time fraudsters have tried to impersonate George to con people out of cash.