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Swiss woman scammed into joining UK gym

Wednesday, 28 May 2025 06:30

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If it seems too good to be true – it probably is.

A woman in Switzerland thought she’d secured a bargain – but actually found herself a member of a gym in the UK instead. 

An advert on Facebook suggested a disgruntled former employee of the sports chain Decathlon had a way you could buy a top end back pack for only a few francs. 

All that was needed was to fill out a survey, pay a few francs on your credit card – and the bag will be yours.

But the woman, who again lives in Switzerland, found herself a member of a gym in Chesterfield in the UK – which had charged her CHF 80 and she had to cancel an annual agreement. 

What the gym has to do with the scam is unknown.

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