Coronation Street and Emmerdale issue joint statement on its actors and say 'please be mindful'

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Coronation Street and Emmerdale may have a sibling rivalry as they appear week in, week out on the same channel but in a rare move, the soaps have joined forced to issue a joint statement about its actors.

Taking to Facebook, Instagram and X, formerly known as Twitter, both ITV programmes shared a statement in which they have asked viewers and fans to 'please be mindful' as they have spoken out on scammers using their stars' identities online. "Please be mindful that the Coronation Street and Emmerdale actors are often impersonated on social media platforms by scammers who set up fake accounts on platforms such as Facebook, X, Instagram, TikTok and Telegram," the message started. READ MORE: Coronation Street fans double take as Summer Spellman returns and make 'bet' about new boyfriend READ MORE: Read more of our Coronation Street stories here It added: "As producers of both programmes, we feel we should warn viewers that this is happening, and noticeably more frequently of late.

Please take great care when conversing on social media and be vigilant about these fake accounts by reporting them to the appropriate platform." At the end of last month (May), Corrie's Sue Cleaver warned her fans after she found out there were more scams involving her images, but not actually her, following her recent weight loss which has been put down to medical issues. "It has been brought to my attention again that there are a couple of fake videos of me that are doing the rounds.

They're trying to sell the usual bulls**t diet pills," she fumed in a video on social media. The Eileen Grimshaw actress added: "So thank you to the couple of you who brought it to my attention," she sighed before continuing: "Nothing that I can really do