A TAKE That fan duped by a scammer pretending to be Gary Barlow met the real one after he got in touch.However he saw the story and invited Janet to Take That’s gig at Norwich’s Carrow Road on Tuesday, and they met up before the show.

After Janet had uncovered the true identity of her trickster, he apologised and said he only wanted her to “send some money to get some food in Nigeria”.Pizza restaurant worker Janet, from Colchester, Essex, said: “Gary came running down the corridor saying hello and gave me a hug.Janet Smith, 62, cuddled up for a snap with the “lovely” frontman before the band’s gig — and even bought him a mug.“I told him I love dancing and showed him a dance, and he said, ‘We need people like you’ and said he loved my vibe.”

They exchanged messages for a week but she smelt a rat when he said he had “split up”, despite the singer being happily wed to Dawn.“He said he was so sorry about what happened and asked how I was — it was lovely.”Janet then urged him to reveal his true identity — a 24-year-old man from Nigeria — before going public to stop others getting hoodwinked. She said: “Gary Barlow would not talk to somebody like me, he’s too famous.”

Janet told him she was “not in a position to do that”, but says the whole experience has left her feeling “really guilty”.“He’s very kind — fame hasn’t gone to his head. It was like seeing a friend in the street.

She also warned others not to fall for the increasingly common celebrity fakes. And big-hearted Janet took along gifts for him and his bandmates.She said back in April: “There were 20 Tom Jones. And Michael Barrymore has been coming up. When they send a message, it’s ­similar. I think a lot of these foreign people are doing this because their countries are poor, but people think they’re real celebrities.”It comes after Janet was “catfished” by an online trickster who claimed to be Barlow. She said: “I bought him a mug, some Mars bars and some Milk Tray chocolates for the boys. He loved the mug and got a picture of us with it.