An actor Johnny Depp wants to protect its followers from online scammers in the new year.

While wishing everyone a happy start to 2025, the "Pirates of the Caribbean" actor took the moment to remind his followers that he will never interact with fans on social media or ask them for money or other personal information.

On Monday, January 6, the actor from the series "Edward Scissorhands" took Instagram to share an important message with his fans. After wishing his fans a Happy New Year, he revealed that scammers are trying to target his fans by impersonating him and his team members.

"Unfortunately, it has come to my attention that online scammers are intensifying their efforts to target my fans and supporters," he wrote. "As part of their tactics, they create multiple, fraudulent social media and email accounts impersonating me and my team members."

In addition to the fake accounts, the "Sweeney Todd" actor also warned his followers not to fall for deepfakes that could be created through artificial intelligence. "Today, AI can create an illusion of my face and voice. Fraudsters can look and sound like the real me," he warned. "But neither I, nor my team, will ask you for money or your personal information."

"We are actively working to crack down on these illegal schemes," he added, reminding his followers of some safety tips they can follow when interacting with him online.

The Hollywood actor emphasized that he only has one Instagram account: @johnnydepp, and all other accounts pretending to be him are just impersonators. It has the same tag on Facebook and TikTok.

Unfortunately, he's not on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter. He also let followers know that he is not on Snapchat or Discord.

Depp ended his post with a few more warnings for fans and encouraged them to be safe online. He explained that he has decided not to communicate directly with fans on any social media platform and will not communicate with anyone via email or chat-based platforms such as Telegram, WhatsApp, Signal or Zangi.

"I do not offer paid meetings, phone calls, club memberships or fan cards. If you are ever asked for money for a meeting, call, membership or fan card, it is a scam," he wrote.

"Again, I, my team, my agent, and my family will never contact you on my behalf asking for money or your personal information," he added, wrapping up his post with that important message.

Last year, Depp released a new film that he directed: "Modi: Three Days on the Wing of Madness." Although he missed the Rome Film Festival press conference due to a delayed flight, he still spoke to him The Hollywood Reporter about the film at the end of October.

This was Depp's second time in the director's chair. In 1997, he directed the film "Brave", which the actor admits "didn't do very well". He added: “I remember the critics' fall very well The Braveand all it did was make me understand. what you do Learn from it."

He also spoke candidly about the consequences Amber Heard the trial, which turned his life into a media circus from which he is still trying to recover.

“Honestly, I can sit here this second and think about all the hits, and how everyone was against me, and yeah, yeah, yeah, he's off the map… endless things. I can remember everything. I went through everything. Some of them weren't the prettiest, some were hilarious. Some of it was crazy," he told the publication.

“The thing is, it's simple wasand that's just it is. So that happened to me. I learned, man. Everything we experience, whether it's being handed a snow globe or walking the dog, somewhere along the way you learn something," he continued. "So I don't have any bad feelings towards anybody. I don't have this great reserve of hatred, because hatred requires care. Why carry that baggage?"