By Eliza Mcphee For Daily Mail Australia
00:05 16 Mar 2022, updated 00:14 16 Mar 2022
- Listeners have been told by a man impersonating Hadley they’ve won $1000
- The fake Hadley tells winners they need to supply their credit card details
- 2GB host confirmed he doesn’t have personal Facebook account and it was fake
- He told listeners to look out for a blue tick which meant it was an official account
Ray Hadley has found himself the victim of a Facebook scam where listeners are being told they’ve won $1,000.
A scammer pretending to be the 2GB and 4BC radio host has been messaging his fans with a fake social media account, which wrongly informs them that they’ve won the cash prize.
The fraudster pretending to be the radio star then tells winners they need to hand over their credit card information, claiming their details were ‘safe’ with him and the 2GB team.
‘This is real, you are the lucky person to win $1000, please claim your prize so we can process it immediately, congratulations,’ the fake Hadley says.
One woman who nearly fell for the trick told Hadley’s colleague Ben Fordham the fake Hadley Facebook account seemed ‘legit’.
‘I looked into it and it really looked legit, it was on Ray’s Facebook page and people had commented and everything,’ one listener named Kelly told the show.
‘Then I sent a private message to Ray’s page and they got back to me saying ”yes, you have definitely won $1000”.’
She said she wasn’t sure if it was an official Facebook account but was the only one for Hadley she could find.
The broadcaster then went on air to inform Kelly she doesn’t have a personal Facebook page, but his radio show had one on his behalf.
‘I’m glad you’ve rung in but you haven’t won $1,000 unfortunately, but I’m indebted to you for pointing this out so I can tell other people to avoid it,’ Hadley said.
The radio host said his program’s official Facebook page had a blue tick on it, and all others were fake.
‘It’s some rort, probably from some other part of the world, they’ve posted some photo of me that they’ve lifted from somewhere but I have nothing to do with it,’ he added.
