'It makes me sick': A Place in the Sun star targeted by scammers using Jonnie Irwin's name
ok.co.ukLaura Hamilton - who is best known for presenting A Place in the Sun - has taken to social media to warn followers after she was targeted by 'disgusting' scammers.The 42 year old pleaded with fans to block the fake accounts who were pretending to be her, with the aim of conning people out of money.
After running London Marathon in aide of the WellChild charity in honour of Jonnie Irwin - her colleague who tragically died with cancer earlier this year - the Channel 4 star said scam pages were set up.
Laura, who has been on the property show since 2012, told The Sun: "I raised five and a half grand for them, but after I ran the marathon there were people saying 'do you know there are people setting up scam pages saying 'I'm still fundraising for the marathon' and still trying to get donations. "They weren't legitimately for the charity and that just makes me feel sick that people were willing to do that when I was running.
I had an official Just Giving page and then there are scammers that are sucking people in saying 'oh yeah we're still trying to fundraise' and that is so terrible." Laura, who is mum to Rocco, 10, and Tahlia, six, had previously told her fans to block and report the scammers to the police in an emotional video.
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