This piece starts with an email I received not too long ago from a new member to my racing advice service. In the mail the new lady member informed me how she had fallen victim to one of the oldest tipster scams around.

Unfortunately this type of con is all too commonplace, and in this case made a victim of a lady with little knowledge of betting. What is more concerning, is that for the con-artists to continue using these methods means there must be a never-ending supply of unwary people forming a queue to be exploited.

I write this article hoping I might at least make a few people aware of what to look out for.

The story starts with the typical piece of junk mail which regularly gets posted through our letterbox. It contains incredible promises of huge profits to be gained from following this guy’s betting advice. As ‘proof’ of this guy’s expertise there is a page of simply brilliant results, of dozens of horses winning at big prices. More on Do NOT Subscribe To Any Horse Racing Tipster Service Without Reading This