For those that need to hear this… alarm bells should go off if Luke Bryan texts you asking for your bank information.
Though Luke Bryan is having to take a bit of a break from performing as of right now, I can assure you that he doesn’t have enough free time to go around texting random people to offer them up money. Sadly, one Nebraska man found that out the hard way.
According to the Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office, a 59-year-old Bennet man was on the wrong end of a scam this past week. The older individual got a text from someone claiming to be Luke Bryan. Eventually, the scammer asked for the man to send over his savings account information. The Nebraska man did that after “Luke Bryan” said that he’d put $300 in his savings account.
When the man went to check to see if the money had come through, his savings account had been wiped clean.
The good news, if you can call it that, is that the Nebraska man only lost $600 in total. We’ve seen plenty of worse instances of scamming, like when a woman sent over $60,000 to a scammer who was posing as Kevin Costner. $600 is nothing to sneeze at, but it’s still a loss of money that could have easily been avoided.
Here’s the Lancaster County Sherriff’s Office’s official statement on the matter:
“On June 17th, a 59-year-old Bennet man received a text from an individual he thought was Luke Bryan. On the 17th, this individual who was posing as Luke Bryan asked for the gentleman’s saving account number, which he did give. The reason why is because he knew Luke Bryan is a country singer and is a good guy, so he did give that information out.
When he went and checked, he was supposed to get $300. When he checked his account, it was down to $2.42. His loss was $600. We have not heard of this one, but if anyone is texting Luke Bryan, it’s a scam.”
The moral of the story here is to stay vigilant when it comes scammers in this day and age, and especially keep an eye out on behalf of some of our older loved ones. Scammers often single out lonely people, so if you know someone vulnerable in your life that also happens to be a fan of Luke Bryan, keep a close eye on them.
And remember that celebrities aren’t ever going to ask regular people for money, or offer up money with no strings attached. And if you think this doesn’t happen often, you’d be wrong. Back in July of 2024, a story about a Massachusetts woman sending a fake Vince Gill over $350,000 was shared.
In an attempt to get ahead of some of these scams, the Federal Trade Commission put out this release back in 2018 warning people to stay alert when being asked to transfer money online:
“They’re asking fans to send money for all kinds of supposed reasons – like claiming a prize, donating to a charity, or giving help of some kind. Some celebs do raise money for legitimate causes. But you want to be sure the cause – and the person asking you to support it – are real.
Imposter scams come in many varieties, but they all work the same way: a scammer pretends to be someone you trust to convince you to send them money. And that’s exactly what these celebrity imposters are trying to do.”
Luke Bryan has a song called “Most People Are Good,” and I do truly believe that… but it’s always good to keep an eye out for those bad apple out there.
