Deborah Knight targeted in Facebook scam

Nine News presenter Deborah Knight has been targeted in a Facebook scam spreading a fake news story in a bid to cheat people out of money.

Over the last couple of months, there has been an article appearing on Facebook announcing Knight has left Channel Nine in order to sell face creams.

“I’ve been stopped by people in the street saying how sad it is that I’ve left Channel Nine… and how can they get their hands on this face cream – I had no idea what they were talking about,” she told Ben Fordham and Sylvia Jeffreys on this morning’s TODAY Show.

Although that’s annoying enough, Knight was most upset to learn people were being cheated out of money.

“It’s getting people to give up their credit card details to get a free sample of this stuff and then they are charged $131,” she explained.

The popular presenter even received a message from a pensioner who was very upset after handing over her credit card details for a free sample and received a $131 bill.

“When pensioners are being ripped off by something that is completely false and being put out in my name, it’s got to stop,” Knight said emphatically.

But, it’s proving difficult to nip in the bud.

“The article keeps morphing so tracking down the perpetrators of this is very difficult,” she added.

What hits Knight the hardest is how the scam is affecting others.

“It’s upsetting to know that people are losing their hard-earned cash for something that is so dodgy,” she said.

The tough thing is, even Knight admits that it looks like “a regular click-bait newspaper article”.

Other celebrities have been targeted in similar scams. Rebel Wilson’s name was used to promote a Bitcoin scam and Eddie McGuire’s face was attached to a fraudulent story about an erectile dysfunction product.

Knight had one last message to her fans:

“I’m not selling face cream. It’s a complete and utter scam and is completely fake, and don’t give away your credit card details to any of those dodgy sites.”