Any scam is disgusting and much more needs to be done to safeguard the vulnerable people who are victims of these scams.
The platform on which these scam are on should also be made responsible and compensate the victims. Then these platforms would then be more careful on what they allow on their platforms, the old adage of ‘Buyer be aware’ is not sufficient these days. laws are in urgent need of uopdating.
For it is not just the financial loss which is a factor but also the mental situations which are created and have to be dealt with, so increasing health interrventions.
Online subscription scams, many using bogus celebrity endorsements, are costing victims tens of millions of pounds a year, a BBC Radio 4 File on 4 programme investigation has found.
Some 300,000 people a year are thought to have been tricked into the schemes, many seemingly backed by celebrities such as comedian Russell Brand.
But in reality, the celebrities have never even heard of the products.
Many of the scams lure victims in with fake adverts on Facebook.
File on 4 found more than 800 on the social-networking site.
Facebook says it has now taken down most of the pages – adding that using public figures to scam people out of money is against its policy.
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