BEWARE OF THE MANY SCAMS
by Daniela from Il Volo Flight Crew ~Share The Love
Time passes quickly and there is very little left until the start of the U.S. tour. For this very reason I want to reiterate some important things.
Since there will be new fans approaching the concerts, and certainly these new fans, pleasantly surprised and full of admiration, will look for news of Il Volo on any platform, site, blog, fan pages.
For this reason, once again I want to warn everyone, new and old fans, so that they do not fall into the countless scams carried out behind Il Volo’s back and in particular to the detriment of Gianluca, Piero and Ignazio.
Scrolling on Google I found this article written a year ago immediately after the Sanremo 2024 performance. It is interesting and was published by ACTA.
ACTA: Action Against Affective Scams and Fight Cybercrime
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Il Volo, huge scam for fans: many risked losing everything.
— Requests for help from people scammed with this drama are also arriving at ACTA and fans of the band risk falling into the same sophisticated emotional scam.
They are also among the most loved artists of the recent Sanremo Festival. We are talking about Il Volo, the band that literally enchanted the audience at the Ariston theater with the song “Capolavoro”. In the singing competition, Gianluca Ginoble, Ignazio Boschetto and Piero Barone earned a well-deserved eighth step on the podium. Much loved and in demand all over the world, the two tenors and the baritone have an agenda full of commitments and exciting singing appointments.
When you are at the peak of success, however, it is inevitable that mechanisms are unleashed that can have repercussions – and even seriously – on the fans of certain artists. This is exactly what happened for the band protagonist of the 74th Italian Song Festival. Ginoble, Boschetto and Barone, in this case, found themselves involved in a huge online scam.
Posing as the agent of the three Il Volo artists and convincing fans that a “simple” payment would be enough to meet their favorites. By means of bank transfer, obviously, or bitcoin. It might seem like a movie script, but instead this is what recently happened to supporters of the beloved band.
The investigation, carried out by a journalist from Novella 2000, allowed the fake profile of Michele Torpedine to be identified. The latter, posing as the agent of Il Volo, made users believe that, to have a moment face to face with the band, all they had to do was shell out money. We started from a minimum of 2 thousand euros, and then gradually increased the amount if requests from the public increased. And obviously, also based on the time that each admirer wanted to spend with Ginoble, Barone and Boschetto. A huge scam which, unfortunately, has deceived a significant number of people, enticed by the proposal of being able to spend time with the three singers.
Once the wrongdoings of the alleged Il Volo agent had been brought to light, the Novella 2000 staff proceeded to inform not only the investigators, but also the entourage of the band itself. A terrible deception, the one concocted against the admirers of the singers, which saw many people defrauded.
When you are at the height of success, on the other hand, the haters are as numerous as the fans. Unfortunately, predicting the onset of certain mechanisms is literally impossible. The investigation conducted by Novella 2000, at this juncture, proved to be nothing short of providential.
So, once again I want to warn everyone against these scammers who pass themselves off as Il Volo, Torpedine and above all Piero Barone, Ignazio Boschetto and Gianluca Ginoble.
Remember that: Piero, Ignazio and Gianluca NEVER ASK ANYONE FOR MONEY
THEY NEVER CHAT WITH ANY FANS BY INVITING THEM ON OTHER SITES
BEWARE OF FAKE VIDEOS spread with their images and voices, where they compliment you and ask you to follow them on private sites. Unfortunately, artificial intelligence allows them to make these fake videos that seem real, BUT THEY ARE NOT REALLY THEM.
Only join credible and series fan pages that do not pretend to be our guys.
Be wary of anyone who offers you (even with the faces of Piero, Ignazio and Gianluca) concert tickets or VIP badges, only go to the official channels, which will refer you to secure ticket resellers.
Don’t like photos that are published generically, only like them on serious fan pages, don’t waste likes on photos that attract you because they are beautiful, but for cheaters it’s a reason to hook you up.
This photo that I attach is false or otherwise falsified.
Don’t friend anyone Il Volo, Michele Torpedine, Piero Barone, Ignazio Boschetto or Gianluca Ginoble, they are all FAKE!!!
I myself receive friend requests every day from fake Piero, Ignazio or Gianluca, even from Torpedine and even from Ercole Ginoble!!!
Remember that Il Volo has only one official website, this one:
https://www.ilvolomusic.com/it
Il Volo has a single official Facebook page, this one:
https://www.facebook.com/ilvolomusic
The guys also have official Instagram accounts with the blue check mark, also known as the verified badge, which indicates that an account is authentic.
Soon Il Volo will be with you and therefore I ask you to spread the word as much as possible to alert old and new fans about this type of scam.
I also want to thank Cindi Dominguez for her efforts on this matter, your email reached me, and as you can see, I thought it best to write another post on this topic, thank you!!
