Strictly star John Whaite reacts to warning from fans over alarming Instagram discovery

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Strictly Come Dancing star took the precaution of making a public announcement.He attached a copy of a message from the fake account to a slide on his Instagram stories.It read: "Happy new year dear, how are you?"I noticed your comment on my main page and decided to message you here from my fan page in confidence, I hope you'll keep it that way?"The impersonator added: "I don't [usually] do this but I suspect you're a nice person and I detest third party so you must never speak to anyone about it otherwise you'll lose my trust."John, along with his dance partner Johannes Radebe, sailed through to the Strictly final just before Christmas.Narrowly losing out to EastEnders star Rose Ayling-Ellis - the show's first ever deaf contestant - and her dance partner Giovanni Pernice, he has received a continued flurry of publicity ever since the competition drew to a close.However, the social media user impersonating his account seems to have taken advantage of the former Great British Bake Off star's increasing fame.The account, john.whaite1006, which had zero followers at the time of discovery, was quickly rubbished by the real John Whaite."A few people have alerted me to this fake account," he wrote on his Stories."If they message you, please do block and report."The account now directs to a warning that the page is no longer available, suggesting it has been deleted, deactivated, or removed.It might not be the first time John has uncovered impersonators trying to dupe his fans, as his profile has for a while stated that it is: "My ONLY account".Meanwhile, the real John Whaite happily shared details of his New Year break in Malton, North Yorkshire recently, while celebrating the festive season."We’ve had the loveliest little.