Fake Celebrity Romance Scams on Snapchat
Impostor celebrity accounts on Snapchat target fans with fake personal connections and prize offers, ultimately requesting money or sensitive images.
Part of: Fake Celebrity Romance Scams
Last reviewed: 1 June 2026
Celebrities maintain public Snapchat accounts and share personal content, creating an atmosphere of directness and intimacy that is unique on the platform. Scammers exploit this by creating accounts that mimic celebrity usernames, repost the celebrity's own story content, and claim to be the real person making 'direct' contact with selected fans.
Fans who believe they have been contacted by someone they genuinely admire are vulnerable to requests for money, gift cards, or intimate images, before realising the contact was a sophisticated impostor.
How this scam works on Snapchat
An account claiming to be a celebrity adds a fan and sends a personal message acknowledging one of the fan's recent Snapchat posts. A warm, exclusive-feeling conversation follows over days. A prize or special experience is offered, requiring a processing fee to claim. Alternatively, the relationship becomes romantic and money is eventually requested to cover travel costs or a personal emergency.
Some operations also run sextortion after establishing the 'celebrity' connection, requesting intimate images before threatening to share them.
Common red flags
- Snapchat account with a celebrity name that reached out after you posted fan content
- Celebrity 'personally' offering exclusive access, prizes, or a close relationship through Snapchat
- Any processing fee required to receive a promised prize or experience
- Relationship becoming romantic with a celebrity contact met only through Snapchat
- Requests for intimate images from a contact claiming to be famous
How to protect yourself
- Celebrities do not personally contact individual fans through Snapchat to offer prizes or relationships
- Verify any celebrity account by checking their verified presence on other major platforms before trusting the Snapchat contact
- Never pay fees to receive prizes from a celebrity contact
- Never share intimate images with anyone you have not met in person and verified
How to report it
- Report the account to Snapchat as impersonation via the in-app report function
- Report to Action Fraud, the FTC, or your national fraud authority
- Alert the real celebrity's official management team if possible
Frequently asked questions
How do scammers convince fans their celebrity contact is real?
They use the same profile photo, username variants, and even repost content from the real celebrity's public stories to create authenticity. They time messages to align with the celebrity's known schedule and reference recent public events the celebrity was involved in.