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Football fans conned out of hundreds of pounds in latest scam




Scammers are cynically targeting football fans and taking advantage of their allegiance to their clubs. This fans story is typical -


‘I bought my tickets from a reputable source and paid using my credit card. The tickets were for a home game in the league, against another premiership club. The tickets looked absolutely genuine and I didn’t suspect a thing. It’s the perfect con.


On the day of the match I presented my tickets and everything seemed fine. The trouble started when I got to my seat. I was expecting to see about £500m worth of football talent on the pitch, but the manager was resting everyone ahead of a cup game. So I paid out big bucks to watch what is effectively the second team. I’m out of pocket and there’s nothing I can do – apart from warning other fans about this terrible scam.’


All the names in this story have been changed, to protect Chelsea FC.


List of ‘Well-being’ scams doesn’t include Well-Being

Updated: Dec 14, 2021



In excess of £9bn is scammed each year by exploiting people’s mental health, but oddly this does not include getting a coffee enema while listening to Gwyneth Paltrow’s vagina make the sound of whale song.


Said one conman: ‘I recently targeted a bereaved widow with a phishing scam, but she was instantly suspicious. That was until I offered her a deep tissue massage with a stress dog, then she gave me her bank details and front door key without batting an eyelid’.



Vulnerable adults will get naked in front of a stranger, just on the spurious offer of a face mask made from jojoba and panda poop. They will happily pay a fortune for any promise of meditation, provided it involves a dolphin cardio and yoga with a family of meerkats.


The Government warned: ‘If you are stressed about being scammed, then please ring our hot line, where you can listen to the sax solo from ‘Baker Street’ and order a scented candle shaped like Greta Thunberg’.





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