‘Watch out people’ – Luke Littler sends warning to fans...

LUKE LITTLER has warned fans not to follow a fake Snapchat account pretending to be him. The darts superstar, 18, has gathered a huge following on his social media accounts over the last 15 months. He has 1.8 million Instagram followers and nearly 300,000 on X.

Image Credit: The Sun [Luke Littler at a darts competition.]

As for Snapchat, Littler has urged fans to report a fake account. Posting a screenshot of the account, featuring the handle "lukethenukelit", Littler wrote on his Instagram Story: "Fake Snapchat account going round of me so just watch out people. "Funny enough the account has blocked me but yeah watch out people.".

Image Credit: The Sun [Screenshot of a social media profile, showing a report of an account name change.]

He then went on to add: "I haven't added the account I got a screenshot of someone who did.". Littler then posted another screenshot, this time featuring the handle "luke.littler07". The Warrington wonderkid wrote: "Someone has sent me this so whoever it is has changed the name of the account if anyone can report it.".

Alongside a further screenshot, he reiterated: "Fake account.". JOIN SUN VEGAS: GET £50 BONUS. Littler is set to be in Premier League Darts action this Thursday night. This week, the eight stars will be competing at Exeter's Westpoint Arena. Littler triumphed on Night 2 in Glasgow, defeating Luke Humphries in the final.

But he will be looking to bounce back from losing his opener to eventual winner Gerwyn Price in Dublin last time out. Littler is set to open his night on Thursday against Stephen Bunting, who is still chasing his first Premier League win. Should he triumph, he will meet Chris Dobey or Nathan Aspinall in the semis.

Night 1 - Belfast: Humphries beat Dobey 6-1. Night 2 - Glasgow: Littler beat Humphries 6-5. Night 3 - Dublin: Price beat Aspinall 6-3. Night 4 - Westpoint Exeter - Thursday February 27. Night 5 - The Brighton Centre - Thursday March 6. Night 6 - Motorpoint Arena, Nottingham - Thursday March 13.

Night 7 - Utilita Arena, Cardiff - Thursday March 20. Night 8 - Utilita Arena, Newcastle - Thursday March 27. Night 9 - Uber Arena, Berlin - Thursday April 3. Night 10 - AO Arena, Manchester - Thursday April 10. Night 11 - Rotterdam Ahoy, Rotterdam - Thursday April 17.

Night 12 - M&S Bank Arena, Liverpool - Thursday April 24. Night 13 - Utilita Arena, Birmingham, Thursday May 1. Night 14 - First Direct Arena, Leeds - Thursday May 8. Night 15 - P&J Live, Aberdeen - Thursday May 15. Night 16 - Utilita Arena, Sheffield - Thursday May 22.