A Michael Broad Blog
The infographic summarises the defects both in design and manufacture of this ‘litter robot’ called Amztoy, which is made in China and shipped direct from China which makes it impossible to return as the shipping costs are a minimum of £236 according to Philip Bloom who has made an excellent review of the product …
I am telling this story in an infographic. Why not?! 😸 You can receive the information faster – in a matter of seconds and the infographic is free to use so you can spread the warning around the internet. It needs to be told. Perhaps many have learned already. I hope so but the …
In the UK, there is a specific type of fraud being perpetrated against pet owners which is known as an Authorised Push Payment. It happens like this. Fraudsters trawl through lost pet forums and websites of which there are many on the Internet and contact the pet owners to tell them that they have …
Taylor Swift has been replicated digitally by an AI computer in order to scam her fans into believing that she has unsold Le Creuset cookware products to give away. She is the latest celebrity to have her likeness hijacked by artificial intelligence employed by scammers who know that her digital likeness will entice fans …
There are scamming (fraudulent) cat breeders on social media and other internet websites. It is usually social media sites where people claim to be breeders selling purebred cats of various breeds at high prices. These scammers operate by taking money up front and not delivering the kitten. They disappear off the radar after they’ve …
In the UK, fraudsters are advertising non-existing pets on social media for sale and this is just one tiny aspect of the burgeoning expansion of crime in the UK where the police are sitting on their hands doing nowhere near enough about it. For example, just 6% of burglaries are solved by police in …
The Times newspaper has a full report on what is a worrying development in the UK and perhaps in other countries. Although it must be said, in my opinion, Britain has become “Scammers’ Treasure Island”. Scammers, fraudsters and extorters of all persuasions are running amok in the UK, doing whatever they want because the …
I’ve been dealing with scams today because it seems to me that, in the UK, they are becoming more common. UK is full of scammers. In fact, many live abroad and feed on the UK’s citizens as if the country is “treasure Island”. UK citizens need to be ever vigilant and switched on. It’s …
