Gary turned out to be a 24-year-old man from Nigeria.
Janet Smith wants to warn others about catfishing after the Gary Barlow incident A woman was ‘catfished’ by a scam artist pretending to be Take That’s Gary Barlow. A 62-year-old Janet Smith was targeted by a greedy scammer who was after her money. The pizza restaurant worker genuinely believed she was talking to the Take That singer for about a week after she added him as a friend on Facebook.
‘I understand that they are poor and they have to get money for their family, but people might lose a lot of money over this. It’s also giving celebrities a bad name.’ During their chats, the fake Gary was ‘really lovely’ and ‘kind’ and wished her good morning and evening, Smith said. She continued: ‘The words were really posh – ‘I’m in a meeting now’ and ‘I’m practicing for a concert’. ‘And it was going well. He just kept saying ‘I’m Gary Barlow, I’ve split up..
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