Overview
- In a new interview, the BBC presenter said scammers pasted her face onto a nude body and used the image as clickbait to pull people into criminal sites.
- She said her Radio 5 Live team investigated and found paid adverts on X and Facebook that linked to fake BBC-style articles which then redirected to a trading scam.
- Munchetty said she felt outrage over victims being misled rather than distress about the doctored image, and she described persistent racist abuse that has led her to block many users.
- She noted this is part of a wider pattern, citing MoneySavingExpert’s Martin Lewis and wildlife presenter Chris Packham as previous targets of similar impersonation scams.
- There have been no reported takedowns or arrests tied to these ads, and the Daily Mail separately reports a BBC bullying investigation into Munchetty that other outlets have not confirmed.