The public have been cautioned against a person purporting to be requesting financial assistance and offering betting and tipping information on behalf of a professional jockey.
Jockey Jason Gates contacted the Sporting Post on Friday and requested that the racing public be warned against falling victim to paying monies in exchange for betting information, offered on various social media platforms.
Jason’s mobile phone was stolen recently, and individuals are also apparently attempting to elicit loans from third parties.
“I am distancing myself from the individual, or individuals, who are impersonating me in exchange for cash payments. As jockeys, we are not allowed to bet and certainly not entitled to sell any information. I am not selling ‘tips’ on any social media platforms, and, like my colleagues before me, I find the fact that anybody has been defrauding unwitting members of the public with false undertakings, totally disgusting,” he added.
If you feel that you may have been a victim of this scam, please private message the Sporting Post facebook page, or email [email protected] with your details, which will then be passed on to the relevant authority.
