Producers of The Ellen DeGeneres Show have filed a lawsuit against an anonymous individual. It is alleged that the scammer created fake email accounts and a Facebook profile in the name of Eric Gold, one of Ellen’s managers. These accounts were then reportedly used to contact Facebook fans of Ellen telling them that they had been selected to appear on the TV show. The scammer sent a typical message to a potential victim: You have been selected from members of the Ellen DeGeneres Facebook Fan page to be on her talk show because of your comment on the Halloween edition”]
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