The LPGA’s Lexi Thompson defiantly distanced herself from scams utilizing her title by explicitly declaring which social media account she makes use of as she appears to be like to guard herself from the identical fraud that has focused Paige Spiranac.
The 29-year-old, who completed ninth within the 2024 Ladies’s PGA Championship, made certain to kill any pretend accounts made in her title as rip-off artists look to make use of her appears to be like and popularity to persuade unsuspecting victims handy over money or different delicate data.
A standard option to pull off this rip-off is to arrange an account within the title of both a well-known particular person, or sexually engaging lady, and pose as them to be able to lull folks right into a false sense of safety.
Typically this may be finished by way of a hyperlink to a different pretend account on a web site similar to OnlyFans, the place they may faux to supply unique content material if somebody subscribes or makes a one-time fee.
They will additionally phish for delicate private and monetary data, or faux to supply meet-and-greet/merchandize competitions to catch unsuspecting victims.
This time, Thompson was focused for the second time and it seems that she’s had sufficient as she makes certain she clears the air as soon as and for all as to which social media accounts she makes use of.
“Simply one other reminder right here,” Thompson posted to Instagram. “That is my one AND solely social media web page.
“There are SO MANY pretend pages scamming folks for cash, presents, or tricking them to assume I am in a relationship with them. IT ISN’T ME!”
How do I spot a rip-off?
Spiranac, identified for her modelling profession and for utilizing her intercourse attraction to market herself and the game of golf, had been utilized by the fraudsters to amass this data as just lately as August resulting in her to name them out.
Charley Hull then did the identical, exhibiting an inventory of followers who’ve been conned, or tried to be conned, out of cash in trade for a meet-and-greet she wasn’t providing.
To be cautious on the web, one golden rule to observe is that if it appears too good to be true then it in all probability is and you need to steer effectively clear.
Nevertheless, different methods to be accountable embody ensuring you research the accounts for a way just lately they have been set-up, the quantity of followers they’ve, any exterior hyperlinks to third-party web sites and copied photographs/movies from official accounts.
