Update: Emma Willis told viewers at the start of Friday's live final that all votes are independently verified and that any votes made in error were disqualified.

Original story: Geordie Shore star Gaz Beadle gave the Celebrity Big Brother producers a right headache this afternoon when he started tricking people into voting for his mate Scotty T.

Gaz posted a picture on Snapchat urging people to call him in the Geordie Shore house, but the number wasn't for him at all.

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It was instead the CBB voting number for Scotty, who's in the final.

It's quite a sneaky trick - and in fact a few Twitter users fell for it:

But Channel 5 were definitely not impressed when they found out what Gaz was up to, and forced him to remove the post.

In a statement on the Celebrity Big Brother website, the producers said: "We've been made aware of an individual's post on Snapchat which may have led people to unwittingly call the phone line to vote for Scotty T. The Snapchat user has no connection with the Celebrity Big Brother production team or Channel 5.

"We contacted the poster in question to demand the post is removed. If any voters have inadvertently called the Celebrity Big Brother voting lines as a direct result of this post, we would ask them to get in contact with us before midnight tonight (Thursday 4th February 2016)."

If you have personally been victimised by Gaz from Geordie Shore, you can get in touch with the CBB team by emailing customerservices@channel5.com or calling 0208 612 7700.

Celebrity Big Brother continues tonight at 9pm on Channel 5 and the final will air tomorrow (February 5) at 9pm on Channel 5.

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