Home & Away actor Nicholas Cartwright issues warning to his female fans over bizarre scam
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Home & Away actor Nicholas Cartwright has taken to social media to issue a warning to his fans.
The Australian TV star posted a rare video to Instagram on Monday to address claims that he's been in contact with numerous fans.
The actor revealed that scammers have been pretending to be him, tricking fans into believing they are in a relationship, before asking for money.
'Just thought I'd make a really quick video,' began the soap star. 'I don't normally like to make these sort of announcement things but a lot of women are getting catfished using my pictures on Facebook.'
Home and Away actor Nicholas Cartwright has claimed that scammers are pretending to be him and contacting female fans of the show. Picture: Channel 7
He continued: 'All sorts of bizarre stuff is going on. I've been getting messages about it and now I've got people contacting my family and my manager. This is my only social media. I hardly use social media.'
Cartwright went on to share his heartbreak to fans whom have been getting tricked by scammers, and doubled down on his insistence that he only has one social media account on Instagram, urging people to not fall for further tricks.
Cartwright revealed that a fan in New Zealand had been made to believe he intended to marry her. Picture: Channel 7.
'Long story short, I apologise to anyone getting scammed. Not that it's my fault. I hope that you're OK. I'm not asking for money, or trying to get married to anyone in New Zealand!'
Last year Cartwright hit headlines after it was revealed he lashed out at one of Home & Away's former bosses in a heated social media exchange.
'I'd seen him promoting an upcoming storyline about the River Boys coming back,' Dan Bennett told Daily Mail Australia.
'The show's trying to re-energise that whole crime tone – the drugs and the devilishness – and all I've done is send him a message saying, 'zzz' – as in, 'that's a bit boring, we've seen all that before'.
'Of course, that's just my view; I'm just a fan these days. But next thing you know, I've got Nicholas Cartwright – one of the supposed stars of the show – sending me DMs and calling me 'a c**t'.
'I don't know Nicholas, I've never met him … so to think that's how he talks to fans is deeply concerning,' he said, adding that he'd been in contact with Seven about the heated exchange.
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