Singer Peter Andre has claimed that fraudsters pretending to be him have attempted to get money from his social media followers. He said followers on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter have been targeted by the con, whereby tricksters attempt to get fans to pay for fake meet-and-greets, reports mirror.co.uk.

He only found out about it when one fan got in touch to see if he had really requested her as a friend on Facebook. "I was like, 'No, that's definitely not me!'" he wrote in his column for a magazine.