Being used in fake ads and commercials is something that has plagued Swedish celebrities in recent years. Already in 2019, the TV profile was reported to the police Philip Hammer the fake ads that appeared on Facebook with his name and face on it. The fake ad at the time was about cryptocurrency, and Filip said he was contacted by people who entered and invested money in the scam business after seeing the ad with his face.
– I have started to receive a lot of messages and emails from people who have invested money in this and it feels just too damned. I suffer with these people really, he told The Express when.
Philip Hammer. Image source: Stella Pictures. Laila Bagge and Jenny Strömstedt also affected
Also Laila Bagge has been used in fake scam advertising. Among other things, scam companies tried to claim that she used everything from diet pills to strange skin cream.
“Another fake advertisement that is circulating!! Absolutely sick, I have now come across at least 4-5 different fake ads on Instagram,” she wrote at the time.
Laila Bagge. Image source: Stella Pictures.
The TV4 profile Jenny Stromstedt she has also been used in fraudulent advertising on several different occasions. In December 2022, she reported a picture of her and the TV4 colleague Steffo Törnquist.
“Important message! I NEVER do advertising. If you see advertising with me no matter what it is about, it is FAKE. A general advice – always be critical. Anything that sounds too good to be true is generally too good to be true. The ad has been reported,” Jenny wrote on her Instagram at the time.
Jenny Stromstedt. Image source: Stella Pictures.
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Steffo Törnquist is “arrested by the police” in a fake picture
Now even Steffo has been affected by the brazen move. On his Instagram, he shares what looks like a fake article from the newspaper Aftonbladet, where “Steffo” in the picture is arrested – by British police. As if it wasn’t enough nonsense, the scam article also has a made-up headline, and a zoomed-in picture of “Steffo’s passport”.
“Being alerted by followers that fake articles about me once again abound in this, I am apparently arrested by the police and lose my citizenship for something I babbled about in the box. The whole country is apparently supposed to be in shock. I myself am most shocked that the pole shots that snot together this dung has attributed to me the wrong birthday and place of birth. I wish everyone else a good morning”, wrote Steffo on Instagram.
In the comments section, Steffo is supported by her followers.
“Tragic is probably just the first name for this kind of thing, sad that you should be affected by something like this.”
“What kind of idiots are people who do this kind of shit, you might wonder, Steffo”
“That people can take it!! They apparently have no lives. So tragic”
“Sigh that people DARE to keep going”