Barefoot Investor loses $5,000 in a 'humiliating' scam by a fraudster who made a fake Facebook group and website pretending to be the financial guru – and raked in cash for TWO YEARS
One of Australia's best known financial gurus has just proven that anyone can be ripped off by a scammer - because he was.
Scott Pape, also known as the Barefoot Investor, had his identity used by a scammer and it ended up costing him $5,000 in legal fees to fix it.
Pape told his email subscribers it was 'humiliating' and 'the toughest part to swallow' is that 'it was kind of my own fault'.
Scott Pape (pictured) had his identity used by a scammer and it ended up costing him $5,000
The best-selling author confessed that because he doesn't read anything that's written about him and even has someone to read his emails, he was 'a sitting duck just waiting to get scammed'.
Someone set up a Barefoot Investor beginners Facebook group – which Pape knew nothing about – and it quickly grew to having almost 100,000 followers.
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