This is a topic that is very close to my heart, because unfortunately many fans are falling into the traps of these “false profiles”.

The people who hide behind these fake profiles are shamelessly sneaky, they trick you by often pressing the “friend button”, they make you believe that they have chosen you to have a deeper friendship, and then ask you for money!!

Although Pietro, Ignazio and Gianluca have always said that they never respond to fans and above all NEVER ASK FOR MONEY or to BUY CARDS, many people believe the fakes and even feel flattered by being chosen as friends.

Listen to what Ignazio says. And be wary even if you see a blue check, because there are profiles that have also copied the check.

Last year Il Volo’s official website published this:

Please DO NOT BELIEVE these false people or false sites or false Facebook pages, they will tell you that they are the real Piero, Ignazio and Gianluca, BUT IT IS NOT SO.

I myself receive friend requests every day from countless Piero, Ignazio, Gianluca, all fake!!!

Last week, a fake mother named “Eleonora Barone” also asked me to be friends, incredible.

Now they have even made a fake page of IL VOLO and even of Michele Torpedine.

These two photos below were posted by the IL VOLO VIRTUAL TOUR BUS page, to warn that these pages ARE FAKE!!! 🤬🤬🤬

Also Judy, the administrator of this page, posted a long heartfelt comment to warn fans against these scammers.

But how to recognize fakes???

First of all, don’t friend anyone called Piero Barone, Ignazio Boschetto or Gianluca Ginoble, especially on Facebook, the guys themselves have always admitted that they don’t use Facebook profiles, so they are all FAKE!!

These “fake pages” are almost all created in Bangladesh and have the ultimate goal of making you send money.

Unfortunately I know of several fans who believed these pages and forwarded quite a bit of money, IT’S A SCAM, don’t be fooled, don’t believe what they tell you, unfriend them, don’t fall into their trap!!

The fanpage, IL VOLO SICILIA FANPAGE, from which we often draw for photos and videos, in this video has listed more than 200 fake profiles that it has blocked on its page.

Don’t put “like” (👍) to sites you don’t know because this way you make them acquire money, be careful, don’t be easy prey.

In particular, remember that our boys would NEVER ASK YOU FOR MONEY, even if they were to say they had lost their credit card or been robbed, do you really think that if it were true they would turn to their fans, they always have a staff at their disposal, shoulders for every need, so don’t believe requests for money!!

I also heard that some of these fakes have invented a hypothetical and false fan club card to renew, or they want to sell you concert tickets, so don’t believe anything that doesn’t come from the unique and official profile which is just this:

https://www.ilvolomusic.com/it/

Remember that this site is the only official one of Il Volo and the only official Facebook page is this:

https://www.facebook.com/ilvolomusic

All other pages or sites are made by fans, as is ours.

There are many serious fan pages, where you can calmly read the news of our boys, but be wary if someone comments on you with the name of Piero, Ignazio or Gianluca, perhaps thanking you for your love, because THEY ARE FAKE PEOPLE who are trying to hook you up and certainly, if you reply they will ask you to follow them on their private profile. DON’T DO IT!!!

Some of them will even look for you on your pages, in this case delete them immediately!!

So don’t follow all the pages of Il Volo that you happen to see, be careful and do some checks.

It’s not easy because I know several people who have always been fans of Il Volo and have been scammed, BE CAREFUL!!

This warning post was made by Gary Istok who runs the Facebook page IL VOLO/ MONTEPAGANO – ROSETO DEGLI ABRUZZI:

Gary here….

Facebook has become a “cesspool of scammers”, which with just the three IV guys number over 5000 now!!  Here is a post from a scammer who says “Today is my lovely sister’s birthday, no one has even blessed her.” This is so stupid! This is a 16-year-old Gianluca with his “then” girlfriend Jessica Brando!!  Gianluca has no sister! DON’T FEED THE SCAMMERS!!

Unfortunately, the arrival of Artificial Intelligence complicates things even more, look at these screen shots from a fake video on TikTok, created with AI, of a fake Gianluca with a fake recreated voice asking to receive messages on WhatsApp and Telegram and would like to send you his membership card!!!

HORRIBLE! This is a real scam and if Artificial Intelligence is to be used in this way I would say it is a Scam Intelligence!!! I am speechless!!

Please be wary of fakes, be careful, never send money, don’t let yourself be flattered by these false people who steal identities, passing themselves off as Piero Barone, Ignazio Boschetto and Gianluca Ginoble!!!

If any of you have had experiences like this I would like you to talk about it here so as to further warn other fans not to fall into the traps.

I recommend it to you!!

Daniela 🤗

Credit to owners of all photos.