Luke Littler warns darts fans over online scams using his name

Luke Littler has shared a informing to darts fans implicit online scams utilizing his and his management’s names successful fake accounts.

The 17-year-old changeable to stardom with his tally to the World Darts Championship last astatine the commencement of the twelvemonth and has continued to radiance connected the oche since that unthinkable fewer weeks astatine Alexandra Palace.

The teen has landed the Premier League rubric during his archetypal play arsenic a nonrecreational truthful far, rising to fig 20 successful the satellite rankings and volition soon beryllium turning his attraction to different ace astatine the World Championship title.

The Nuke’s immense popularity has brought successful a full caller assemblage to darts, but it has besides brought with it immoderate unwanted engagement arsenic well.

Littler posted connected societal media connected Wednesday informing his fans to ticker retired for fake accounts which are claiming to merchantability his merchandise but are scamming customers.

He posted connected X: ‘Wanted to stock this with you guys arsenic I person been seeing a batch of fake profiles being created of maine and my absorption online. These fake accounts similar the 2 screenshots person been scamming radical and taking their wealth successful instrumentality for merch that they past don’t get sent

‘If you privation to bargain thing to enactment maine delight lone spell to trusted places including @TargetDarts and zxfsports.co.uk and if you spot immoderate much of these benignant of posts delight report.’

Littler is backmost connected the oche this week successful the European Championship successful Dortmund, Germany wherever helium takes connected erstwhile UK Open champion Andrew Gilding successful the opening round.

This comes aft a tally to the semi-finals of the Czech Darts Open past week which saw him acceptable a caller tourney grounds mean erstwhile helium finished with 116.51 successful his 6-3 triumph implicit Damon Heta successful the 3rd round.

Luke Humphries went connected to bushed the Nuke successful the semis, but intelligibly the teen is throwing highly good arsenic helium prepares to situation successful Dortmund.

Darts fable Phil Taylor precocious revealed that Littler’s campy person approached him to beryllium the teenager’s mentor arsenic helium progresses successful his career.

The 16-time satellite champ is blessed to bash it, but would request to beryllium each successful to truly marque a difference.

‘With young Luke, they person asked maine if I would beryllium down with him. I said: “Of course, I will”,’ Taylor told talkSPORT. ‘But I would person to spell and unrecorded with him for a fewer days, spot what helium is each about.

‘I cognize young Luke, we person the aforesaid sponsor. If I spent clip with him, I would spot however helium practises, spot however helium eats and exercises, however helium does anything.

‘If he’s playing connected those PlayStations, I would springiness him a acceptable time, an hr a nighttime oregon something, and past get acceptable for the adjacent day.

‘Make definite you aren’t staying up precocious and aftermath up successful the greeting and you are shattered. I person seen that many, galore times – players who volition person a portion afterwards, they get into the drinking and past they aren’t getting to furniture until 1am oregon 2am.’

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