Caution is required on the Internet, especially when it comes to taking out your bank card. On several occasions, stars have alerted their fans to scams aimed at making them pay for private concert tickets, so-called encounters or goodies of all kinds. Misadventures that were echoed by Slimane, as we told you here in August 2023, but also by Iris Mittenaere, Ophélie Winter, Kendji Girac and even Karine Ferri. Wednesday January 3, 2024, it is Sheila’s turn to warn her subscribers on Instagram of a potentially harmful scam for the most gullible Internet users. “Someone pretending to be close to the artist (which he is not) organizes a paid party in Nice and announces the presence of Sheila. Above all, don’t respond or send money, it’s a scam!”can we read in the caption of the post, which reminds us that “any planned event would be announced directly through the official website.”
Other stars victims of identity theft, including Brigitte Bardot
As the Instagram post on Sheila’s official account completes, “faced with the increase in fake accounts, scams and fabrications of all kinds, stay careful!” Any announcement of concerts or events that has not been made on the star’s official website is therefore “fake”. After 60 years of career, the interpreter of School is over is not the only one to be a victim of identity theft by malicious people exploiting his image to harm his fans. “Beware of scam. I warn Internet users regarding an advertisement and false interviews broadcast on social networks for a line of essential oils that I have created”had notably alerted Brigitte Bardot, on May 6, 2022, after the publication of a false profile for a campaign to promote CBD oil. With certain consequences for the wallets of those who fell into the trap. “Many Internet users were tricked into ordering the product which they obviously never received but unfortunately saw their bank account debited by 89 euros”, lamented the one who now devotes her life to defending the animal cause.