John Bishop has issued a warning over private messages being sent to his fans.
The 55-year-old is currently on tour, and performed at Glasgow's OVO Hydro on Saturday evening.
John has had a busy start to the year already, with his self-titled ITV chat show airing last month.
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His UK tour will continue until April, before he ventures further afield for gigs in a number of Western European countries.
But while his career goes from strength to strength, the Liverpool-born comic has been forced to warn his many social media followers.
Posting on Instagram, John said a social media user is pretending to be connected to him.
He a picture of a message from a woman which said: "Hi, you have such a profound impact on John Bishop with your comments, love and support."
The rest of the message had been cropped.
John said: "This person has nothing to do with me so please do not engage with them as they are pretending to work for me.
"We have reported it.
"Thanks, John"
Fans were quick to thank him for the alert.
sheregenerated13 said: "Yeah there have been a few of those going around for celebrities. Thanks for posting for folks!"
elizabethgunson said: "Can’t stand scammers! (Thanks John) xx"
lee_outtatime_ said: "I got this yesterday saying you'd personally message me a really cool but funny message... was disappointed.
"Blocked the page"
Moments after the post, John shared an update from his Glasgow gig, saying the audience was "brilliant".
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