David Koch's warning to fans over new online scam: "They are digital cockroaches"
Sunrise host David Koch has warned viewers about another scam he has been caught up in without his consent.
Last year, he took to social media to warn about an “erectile dysfunction cream” scam that was endorsed by him. It wasn’t true.
Now Kochie has found himself at the centre of another scam, this time related to Bitcoin investment.
The TV host took to Instagram to warn fans of the scam with a lengthy post.
“SCAM WARNING; ANY STORY OR ADVERTISEMENT CLAIMING THE KOCH’S RECOMMEND BITCOIN AS AN INVESTMENT IS A SCAM,” the post reads.
“It is driving us crazy the con artists using Libby and I as bait to lure people into investing in Bitcoin. Facebook are doing their best to take them down but then they pop back up using different offshore servers,” he continued.
He also called the scammers “digital cockroaches”.
“They are digital cockroaches... nothing can kill them. Just for the record I don't endorse anything except my book Kochie's 11 Step Money Plan,” he joked.
Koch also expressed sympathy for those who fell victim to the scam.
“What makes it heartbreaking for me is hearing from victims who have been conned by Facebook scammers illegally using my image to fleece average Australians from their hard earned money.
“The 65-year-old who emailed me after losing $400 on an erectile dysfunction cure or the 30-year-old who lost $10,000 after investing in a Bitcoin fund which I was supposedly endorsing,” he expressed.
In September last year, he took to Twitter to defend himself from any association with the erectile dysfunction treatment.
“For those who might be tempted... be warned the erectile dysfunction advertisements doing the rounds online using my image are fake.”
Koch is not the first celebrity to fall victim to these scams, with fake celebrity endorsements using the images of Carrie Bickmore, Jessica Rowe and Lisa Wilkinson, alongside Karl Stefanovic as well as Koch.