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Rebel with a cause! Wilson alerts fans to a weight loss product scam that's 'unlawfully' using her name and image

Published: 03:22 EST, 25 June 2014 | Updated: 03:25 EST, 25 June 2014

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Rebel Wilson has alerted her fans to a scam using her image to promote a weight loss product.

The 28-year-old actress and comedian took to Twitter on Wednesday to denounce the use of her likeness in association with an unnamed weight loss product.

She wrote: 'If you see a post about me relating to some "diet" product: this is a SCAM. Police alerted.'

Alert! On Wednesday Rebel Wilson has denounced a diet product bearing her name and likeness, calling it a scam on Twitter

Not so funny: Normally quite a joker, the Australian actress seemed quite bothered by the scam

The normally laid back joker seemed quite bothered, following up with another Tweet that read:

'They are unlawfully using my name and image. PLEASE IGNORE.'

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She urged her Australian friends and followers to 'especially' be on the lookout, she was clearly concerned that the phoney promotion is being circulated on her home soil.

Rebel is not the first celebrity to fall foul to a bogus association with a slimming product.

In 2014 Jennifer Love Hewitt sued weight loss supplement Slim Spray who pictured the slender starlet in an advert where she is seen proudly holding a bottle of 'slimming spray'.

Meanwhile presenter Fifi Box had a similar experience when a Panama-based weight loss company illegally used photographs of her and her young daughter Trixie, almost one, to promote diet pills on Facebook.

Career move: Rebel, who once took part in a Jenny Craig program to lose 20kgs, has said she opts to keep her size as it nets her Hollywood roles. She's seen here in her own TV series, Super Fun Night

It looks like the full-figured Bridesmaids star is not the only celebrity to be made the centrepiece for a bogus social media scam.

Despite signing up to the Jenny Craig weight loss program in 2012 when she lost 10kg in ten weeks, the actress decided to forgoe her commitment to the dieting plan.

In February last year she told Kyle & Jackie O that she opted out of the program explaining that she gets too many roles in Hollywood thanks to her look.

'Because of my filming commitments in America you have to sign contracts where you can’t change your physical appearance.'

At the time the stand-up comedian said to Extra's Renee Bargh: 'I don’t really care what I look like that much, and I think women out there should just be happy with the way they look.'

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Shelley Mcshelston, London, United Kingdom, 11 hours ago

Why did she let them use her image if she didn't want them too? I dont get it. She shuldnt be promoting wait-loss stuff anyway

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Vahan Nisanian, Southern California, United States, 12 hours ago

Size does not matter. Never has, and never will. Rebel Wilson looks fine.

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jt, London, United Kingdom, 11 hours ago

Tell that to your health insurance companies or our financially struggling NHS.

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what do i know...., London, United Kingdom, 12 hours ago

its all a bunch of rubbish!! you either happy the way you are or you arent.... if you were happy why join Jenny Craig?? and filming commitments are a load of rubbish - your an actress for crying out loud!! either stay like you are or dont.. either way is fine by me but dont make excuses please!

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katy, cambridge, United Kingdom, 12 hours ago

Rebel is a great role model in comparison to others. Lets face it people, kids/adults all have different weights. It shouldn't just be acceptable to be skinny. Enjoy life, be healthy yeah but that isn't always the case, people like Rebel show that you can still achieve something in life no matter how much others put you down.