Scammers used Sir Rod Stewart's face to add legitimacy to their fraudulent investment scheme.
Wayne Westhead was scammed out of £200,00 by fraudsters who used Rod Stewart’s likeness An ex-soldier has been conned out of his life savings by a scammer who used Sir Rod Stewart’s face to advertise a fraudulent investment scheme. Wayne Westhead, 65, a former British Army Major with 30 years of military service, invested £200,000 into the fraudulent Bitcoin scheme while his wife was battling breast cancer.
When he tried to access his investment, the fraudsters said he needed to pay another £150,000 to ‘unlock’ his holdings, and at this point the penny finally dropped for the grieving husband. After researching the company, Mr Westhead found testimony from a number of others who had fallen victim to the scammers and lost their savings. ‘He had me basically where he wanted me, which was helpless,’ he said. ‘I was left with nothing. I said to him: “I know what you’ve done. You’ve done this.
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