Television host Paddy McGuinness has been conned out of £600 by someone posing as the actor Derek Griffiths on Twitter.
The Take Me Out host apparently believed he was paying for a charity dinner with the former Coronation Street actor with the proceeds going to an autism charity.
The fake account was suspended on Monday evening. eBay has also suspended listings for charity lunches with Griffiths.
But on 2 January, McGuinness tweeted: “Morning not a good start to 2018”, after he realised he had been duped.