Una Healy hits out at fake account impersonating her and ‘trying to scam people’

The Tipperary star took to her own page to warn fans that the fake account is “trying to scam people.”

Una asked platform bosses to remove the profile, admitting she has already reported in “many times.”

"Please @instagram remove this fake account that is pretending to be me and trying to scam people,” the Saturdays singer said.

"I’ve reported it so many times now. It is FAKE.”

The account has just over 1,000 followers.

It has shared a number of photos and videos taken from the official account of the star: @unahealy.

"My Official account is being updated by my Management,” it claims.

"I got this for the second account to talk to my fans and show my appreciation for them.”

The Tipperary star later took to her own page to confirm with followers that she has just one account on Instagram and another for Twitter.

"Hi guys, it has been highlighted to me that there are a number of accounts out there – fake accounts – that are pretending to be me and are trying to scam people.

"I just want to put it out there that this is my only account,” Una said.

“One and only account on Instagram, the same on Twitter and on Facebook.”

She added: “I don’t have any personal or private accounts.

"Please, please report and block those scammers because they need to be stopped. Thank you.”

Una is not the first Irish star to hit out at the use of her name online.

Last year, Late Late Show host Ryan Tubridy hit back at a scam cryptocurrency ad that used his image to promote a trading program.

Upon clicking the link users were taken to a fake Independent.ie article where ‘Ryan’ is quoted as sharing his “secret” to becoming wealthy.

“I really wanna make this really abundantly clear this morning that I have nothing to do with cryptocurrency, he said last March.

“I have nothing to do with those ads you see on Facebook and Instagram and on Twitter. I have nothing to do with it.

"“This is a scam. We’re living in generation scam and the internet is alive and thriving with scams and financial cruelty to people who are vulnerable and I can tell you, when you see my face relating to cryptocurrency or any of these things…”

“Unfortunately, the difficulty is like whack-a-mole, as soon as they get rid of one, another comes up with my face… and the ad says something like ‘Ryan Tubridy backs cryptocurrency’...”

“Remember the ad ‘I don’t know what a tracker mortgage is’? Well I don’t know what cryptocurrency is.”

“To me it sounds like some ball of smoke thing,” he continued.

“I’m sure it's making some people somewhere a lot of money but I have nothing to do with it. So please tell all your friends when you see that ad… it’s not me,” he said.