Joe Elliott issues urgent video message after Def Leppard fans scammed out of money

Joe Elliott has issued an urgent video plea after Def Leppard fans were successfully scammed out of money by fake profiles.

Late on Monday night (13th May), Planet Rock presenter Joe Elliott posted a three-minute video on Def Leppard’s social media channels, which was filmed at his home in Ireland.

The video was captioned: ‘❗️❗️ IMPORTANT MESSAGE FROM JOE ❗️❗️

‘Neither Joe Elliott, Def Leppard or anyone in or related to the band will ever message you asking for money. Please do not engage with these profiles.

‘We do everything we can to block these things, but scammers are now successfully stealing money from fans. It is not Joe. Please do not fall for it.

‘All communication from Joe and the band will be through officially-verified profiles.’

In the clip, Joe explains that he was compelled to record the video message after he discovered some Def Leppard fans had been scammed out of money.

“I just dragged myself out the studio because a friend of mine just emailed me with another one of these ‘have you seen this one?’ fake Joe Elliott emails where somebody has successfully scammed money out of some of our funds,” Joe says in the clip.

“It’s been going on for a while we do everything we can to block these things. But this is really starting to piss me off now because they’re actually getting money out of folk. Here’s is the deal, right? I am the real me. Okay. Joe Elliott in Dublin, in rainy Dublin at home. That’s my record collection behind – you can see a couple of Def Leppard box sets right there, fake that you tw–! Not going to be able to do it.

“Here’s the deal, Elliott is spelled with two T’s not one. Everybody knows that. I’m not much to brag, but I don’t need your money. I would never ever ask you for money because my wife’s divorcing me or my leg fell off or I need a glass eye. It’s complete and utter horsesh—-! Please, please tell everybody you know I am NOT scamming anyone.