Channel 7 has warned fans of soap opera Home and Away not to believe everything they read.
The long-running series has been at the centre of a series of social media scams, with fake pages springing up on Facebook targeting viewers with entirely invented claims about the show's actors.
The posts invite users to click a link to 'continue reading' the sensationalist, untrue stories.
Those who do click through may be exposed to phishing scams that access users' personal details.
Channel 7 has been scrambling to get the pages removed, but they are springing up like weeds.
Stories on these fake pages have included false claims that actress Jessica Redmayne has been diagnosed with cancer.
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Other false claims have been made about Hailey Pinto, who the scam pages alleged was planning to marry, and Emily Wier, who was shown announcing a 'new relationship'.
'These unauthorised pages have been reported,' a Seven spokesperson told The Daily Telegraph this weekend.
Home and Away fans were encouraged 'to engage only with verified accounts for the show and cast members'.
A Meta spokesman also promised the company would, 'remove any content that violates our policies.'
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Channel 7 has warned fans of soap opera Home and Away not to believe everything they read. The long-running series has been at the centre of a series of social media scams, with fake pages springin...