A Scam Warning

[Barsel]

Can't believe I fell for it, but it looked so genuine.
It was an advert for Keto pills and there were photos of Dragons Den and famous people who have lost weight like Dawn French, I honestly thought it was genuine, so I sent for the special offer of 5 months supply for £39.99.
Fortunately, my bank realised it wasn't my usual type of transaction and they blocked 2 attempts of someone trying to take £198 out of my account.
They have now blocked them and told me if it looks too good to be true etc.
So, just a little heads in case you see the ad.

[Peter Pedant]

taken in by reasonable claims
that take keto pills and you will look like Daniel Craig

bad luck it was a dog

[barry1010]

Glad your bank were on the ball. Martin Lewis's photo is often used in financial scams.
Have you lost weight?

[-SharonA-]

See these ads all the time, even on here. I'm glad your bank intervened, could have been a lot worse losing all the wrong pounds!

[Canary42]

These scams which are "allegedly backed" by celebrities are particularly odious. Bitcoin is another favourite.

[Barsel]

Peter, I don't particularly want to look like Daniel Craig!

Barry, I would have lost weight if the scammers had manged to take £396 out of my account. :-)

[Barsel]

Sharon, I see what you did there :-) BA for you for making me smile.

[-SharonA-]

You're welcome Barsel!!

[emmie]

hadn't you seen the ones on AB, they are spam and are usually got rid of soonest. I am glad your bank was on the ball....

[ToraToraTora]

these "keto" ads are in here all the time, both as actual ads and as posts.

[Peter Pedant]

foo and did they still send the pills
and did they work ?

this pillock wants to know !

[Barsel]

No Peter, my bank blocked the transaction.
Don't know why you are referring to yourself as a pillock.

[ToraToraTora]

barsel: "Can't believe I fell for it, but it looked so genuine" - how can tablets help you lose weight? ketosis is a known nutritional condition that is essentially starvation, denial of Carbohydrates is one method of arriving at that state. I don't see how tablets can help. Wanna buy some magic beans?

[roopower]

Well done to the bank! I saw an ad a while ago with Mary Berry supposedly backing some sort of CBD oil. I reported it and then saw her on tv very put out about them using her name and photo.

[Buenchico]

'Keto' was the big thing with spammers here up until recently. (I'd typically ban at least half a dozen spammers advertising keto products daily). However 'keto' ads are now becoming much rarer, with 'CBD' spam now taking its place.

I suspect that CBD oil scams (using actual ads, rather than just spam posts) will also become far more common. Remember that The Answerbank gets its ads from third-party sources, some of whom don't seem to be too bothered about the trustworthiness of the people that they accept advertising from, so its wise to be wary of any such ads, even on this site. You have been warned!