Overnight, Guardians Of The Galaxy star Chris Pratt sent a warning to his fans that an imposter is posing as him on Facebook, and possibly other social media platforms, in order to solicit their private information and hit on them.
In a lengthy Instagram post headed “PERVY DUDE ALERT!!!”, the actor warned his followers to be on the lookout for an unverified account using his photographs and apparently pretending to be him in interactions with fans. He went on to explain:
It’s confirmed: somebody is trying to pretend to be me on Facebook (and maybe other social media platforms) apparently hitting on a lot of different female fans, trying to get their numbers and who knows what else. I’m not joking.
Please know, I find this behavior reprehensible. If I find out who it is I’ll have their account shut down and seriously would like to punch them right in the GD mouth. You hear that imposter!? Stop. My message to any fans who are contacted by someone claiming to be Chris Pratt: Look for the BLUE “VERIFIED” CHECKMARK next to the name. If there is no checkmark by my name that person is an imposter. I’m sorry.
Tell your siblings. Educate our young ones. It’s probably mostly kids who would fall for this. Makes me sick. It terrifies me to think someone could be hurt, their feelings or much worse, by this imposter/potential predator. I’ve had many, many people tell me about this. It’s not an isolated incident. If anyone is in contact with this person block them immediately.
If it’s you doing it, I’m warning you. Stop right now or you will [be] very unhappy with the outcome. Go find Jesus. Praying for you.
As of right now, it is unclear if the account is still active, but if you come across anyone posing as Chris Pratt then needless to say, they’re probably not legit and you should probably just go ahead and block and report them.
Chris Pratt, who recently separated from his wife Anna Faris, is set to have a big year at the box office in 2018 – he will appear alongside basically the entire Marvel cinematic universe in Avengers: Infinity War, and is also set to return in Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom.
