File photo via NZ HeraldSir Dave Dobbyn's manager has blasted a "despicable" social media hoax claiming the Kiwi singing great has died. Despite rumours on social media alarming fans saying Dobbyn had died, the singer is otherwise fine. We've been alerted to a despicable post that has circulated overnight saying he has died," she wrote on Thursday. A Facebook user in the thread reported seeing a scam involving Sir Dave Dobbyn's name on Facebook Marketplace. "There's a marketplace scammer advertising his death, then goes on to talking about a Ferrari recently bought blah blah blah with money he'd invested in some shonky scheme that the marketplace add is luring people into," that person explained.

Source: Otago Daily Times April 10, 2021 00:56 UTC