Beloved BBC comic Bob Mortimer was caught up in a web based courting app rip-off.
A profile claiming to be Mortimer, 65, has appeared on the courting app Tinder, utilizing the comic’s pictures and even some private particulars.
Mortimer has been married to spouse Lisa Matthews since 2015, and the pair have been collectively for over 20 years.
The scammer used footage of Mortimer however modified his identify to Kyle and put his age as 50, maybe in an try and make it seem that Mortimer was attempting to maintain a low profile regardless of his fame.
The profile was reportedly deleted by the platform, however there isn’t a telling how most of the 2.4million UK customers of the app had been fooled by the pretend account.
The Solar solely revealed the rip-off, displaying that the profile described the comic as a ‘massive time texter’ searching for a long-term companion, and that Mortimer works out ‘day by day’ and is all for yoga, meditation, theatre, and café-hopping. It additionally acknowledged that Mortimer has a pet fish.
The profile featured a number of pictures, together with one of many star consuming fish and chips and one other of him watching soccer with a buddy.
When contacted by The Solar, a spokesperson for Tinder reportedly stated: ‘Catfishing is a violation of our Neighborhood Tips and Phrases of Use, and customers who’re found catfishing are faraway from our platform.
‘If somebody believes they’re being impersonated on Tinder, they need to contact our assist crew with related particulars right here, which is obtainable to anybody no matter whether or not they use Tinder. From there, our crew will promptly seek for and take away any matching profile.
‘We encourage our customers to search for the “blue tick,” which signifies that the consumer’s age and likeness has been verified by way of our Photograph and ID Verification programmes. Moreover, all customers can request that their match photograph verifies previous to messaging.’
The information comes amid ongoing well being struggles for the comic, who was identified with rheumatoid arthritis in his 20s and battling extra coronary heart issues over time.
He additionally had a bout of shingles in 2023 that left him weak and unwell.
Mortimer mentioned his well being battles with Paul Whitehouse throughout an episode of their present Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing.
He stated: ‘It’s been a really, very, very unhealthy yr for me Paul with my shingles… And you understand what – it was worse than my coronary heart interval.
‘The muscular tissues I’ve misplaced, I’ve misplaced… However different ones can compensate for it, you understand what I imply?’
He added: ‘I could make the opposite muscular tissues stronger however I’ve a horrible feeling I’m by no means going to have the ability to run once more and you understand that I used to love to run Paul.’
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