Carrie Bickmore caught up in skincare scam

Online scams offering free trials and beauty products supposedly used or created by celebrities are becoming increasingly common on the internet, with Carrie Bickmore the latest target to be caught up in it all.

The TV presenter took to Instagram this week to warn fans of the online advertisement scam going around which includes fake articles claiming she is leaving The Project to work on her beauty business.

“SCAM WARNING. If you see articles or fake ads popping up on your social media feeds saying I am leaving The Project to focus on my FACE CREAM/BEAUTY BUSINESS please ignore and DO NOT click on the link to purchase the products,” Carrie said in her post.

“It’s a scam and they will take your money. Very sneaky. They have been targeting a few different presenters.”

Fans were grateful to the 37-year-old mum for the warning and admitted that this isn’t the first time they’ve seen popular TV personalities be targeted.

“Ridiculous!! Thanks for the warning!” a fan commented.

“I got caught with the same ad claim but Jessica Rowe instead of Carrie!” another said.

And for one user it was already too late: “My grandmother fell for this and wanting to support you because she loves watch you! and they have now charged her credit card $300 for signing up to this scam. So wrong!”

Earlier this year, Carrie’s co-star Lisa Wilkinson was also forced to raise the alarm to fans regarding her name being linked to a similar beauty scam.

The online advertisement used a similar tactic claiming Lisa had left the Today show to start her own skincare company as a ‘mixed-race person’.

“So apparently this BS “moisturiser” is called Final Skin (pretty grim name in itself) but the dumb-ass quote supposedly from me is priceless: “If you have a face and your face has skin, Final Skin will work for you…As a mixed-race person that is the first thing I made sure of.” Lisa warned.

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has previously warned people to be cautious of scammers asking for personal details and bank accounts through these new suspicious methods.

So far this year the ACCC’s Scamwatch website has recorded a shocking 8,000 reports of people falling victim to fraudulent sites which have amounted to $4.4 million in losses, according to Startsat60.

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