Giovanni Pernice apologises and issues warning as fan scammed out of thousands

Strictly’s Giovanni Pernice hit out at scammers

The dancer revealed: “I love social media so I’m here to really talk about an issue that happened a few times before. (sic)

“This morning I arrived at the theatre and reception called and said, ‘there is this young lady waiting for you downstairs’, because apparently I gave her a time and a place to meet. (sic)

“She said we spoke last night, you spoke to me, we did FaceTime, we exchanged pictures.”

Giovanni continued: “The most horrible thing is the fact that she sent £3,000 to this person that’s pretending to be me, well this criminal that’s pretending to be me.”

He added: “Now, I know that Instagram and any other social media platform, is a huge platform, but they’re also very, very dangerous.”

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The TV star emphasised that his verified profile is the only account he has, and to get in contact with him via his verified account or his agent.

He continued: “I’m very sorry if any viewers have been in this situation before, but I’m just trying to prevent what’s going to be the future as well”. (sic)

He continued: “It’s bad, because this morning was very sad seeing this woman very upset.”

“Let’s not make this happen again, send you love,” Giovanni said as he ended the discussion. (sic)

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His followers responded to his important message, with user Lisa commenting: “This is so sad and I hope the poor lady gets her money back somehow. It must be awful for both of you.”

Another fan, Julie, added: “People need to stop being so trusting on social media. I trust no one!”

Strictly’s head judge Shirley Ballas commented: “Very sad indeed.”

The news comes amid Giovanni celebrating his new career venture into lifestyle products.

Earlier this month, the Sicilian-born dancer shared that he was debuting a new unisex fragrance in a business with his friends, and entrepreneurs, Giacomo Tontarelli and Nicholas Hill.

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