{"id":72,"date":"2014-10-21T21:04:32","date_gmt":"2014-10-21T21:04:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/za.scampup.info\/blog\/?p=72"},"modified":"2017-07-01T20:45:39","modified_gmt":"2017-07-01T20:45:39","slug":"a-most-despicable-scam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/za.scampup.info\/blog\/a-most-despicable-scam\/","title":{"rendered":"A most despicable scam"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Shepherd&#8217;s Keep is a home for abandoned babies, HIV positive or not, from birth to six months old. The Home is situated in the heart of the Bluff, south of Durban in the province of KwaZulu Natal, South Africa.<\/p>\n<p>Feel free to view the below video.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Cheryl Pratley founder of Shepherd&#039;s Keep Home for Abandoned Babies\" width=\"603\" height=\"452\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rmrEjozYjzo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Yet fraudsters saw fit to impersonate Shepherd&#8217;s Keep, not only stealing food from the mouths of babies, but from abandoned babies, some HIV\/AIDS positive, some dying<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Upon seeing a scam like this, there are simply no words to describe how disappointed we are at what we classify as human. Issues like these simply defies belief.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Caveat:<\/strong> Sherperd&#8217;s Keep has chosen to update their website. For illustrative purposes we are using a snapshot of the legitimate http:\/\/www.shepherdskeep.org.za\/ website from <a title=\"Original Sheperd's Keep website on web.archive.org\" href=\"http:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20120307184841\/http:\/\/www.shepherdskeep.org.za\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20120307184841\/http:\/\/www.shepherdskeep.org.za\/<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Let us look at this scam:<\/strong><br \/>\n<del>https:\/\/sites.google.com\/site\/cancharityproject44\/home<\/del> (Website disabled by Google)<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_75\" style=\"width: 197px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/za.scampup.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/BRNj4HV1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-75\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-75\" src=\"https:\/\/za.scampup.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/BRNj4HV1-187x300.png\" alt=\"Snapshot of the fake Sheperd's Keep \" width=\"187\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/za.scampup.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/BRNj4HV1-187x300.png 187w, https:\/\/za.scampup.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/BRNj4HV1.png 551w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 187px) 100vw, 187px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-75\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">sites.google.com\/site\/cancharityproject44\/home<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>On this scam website we clearly see content and images stolen from the <strong>original<\/strong> <a title=\"Orginal Shepherd's Keep web page\" href=\"http:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20120307184841\/http:\/\/www.shepherdskeep.org.za\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.shepherdskeep.org.za\/<\/a> <strong>below<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_79\" style=\"width: 244px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/za.scampup.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/kQMqow11.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-79\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-79\" src=\"https:\/\/za.scampup.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/kQMqow11-234x300.png\" alt=\"Orginal Sheperd's Keep website\" width=\"234\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/za.scampup.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/kQMqow11-234x300.png 234w, https:\/\/za.scampup.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/kQMqow11.png 632w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 234px) 100vw, 234px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-79\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Orginal Sheperd&#8217;s Keep website<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In comparing, note how the fraudsters deliberately<strong> cut off the<\/strong> <strong>Sheperd&#8217;s Keep<\/strong> <strong>name<\/strong> above the door in the background:<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_83\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/za.scampup.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Clipboard-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-83\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-83\" src=\"https:\/\/za.scampup.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Clipboard-1-300x119.png\" alt=\"Board above door at Sheperd's Keep\" width=\"300\" height=\"119\" srcset=\"https:\/\/za.scampup.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Clipboard-1-300x119.png 300w, https:\/\/za.scampup.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Clipboard-1.png 365w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-83\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Board above door at Sheperd&#8217;s Keep<\/p><\/div>\n<p>More to the point, we see stolen images of Colin and Cheryl Pratley, people who have devoted their life to looking out for others and taking care of those that cannot fend for themselves, new born babies. This has been a 24 x 7 x 365 task and must take extreme passion and devotion. Ask any mother of a new born baby. Yet what thanks have they&#8217;ve gotten? Surely they deserve better.<\/p>\n<p>If there is any doubt as to which website is legitimate, simply use a search engine. Search for <a title=\"Search for Reg. no. 2001\/001302\/08\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=&quot;Reg.%20no. 2001%2F001302%2F08&quot;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><strong>Reg. no. 2001\/001302\/08<\/strong><\/a> as appearing at https:\/\/sites.google.com\/site\/cancharityproject44\/home.<\/p>\n<p>In case this fraud still is not clear, look at the plaque on the wall to the left of Mr &amp; Mrs Pratley (or whatever the scammers want to call themselves in their evil twisted version of the truth being hosted on Google):<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_81\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/za.scampup.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/CD4h04z1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-81\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-81\" src=\"https:\/\/za.scampup.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/CD4h04z1-300x233.png\" alt=\"Plaque showing name and ownership\" width=\"300\" height=\"233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/za.scampup.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/CD4h04z1-300x233.png 300w, https:\/\/za.scampup.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/CD4h04z1.png 331w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-81\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Plaque showing name and ownership<\/p><\/div>\n<p>It says:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">SHEPERD&#8217;S KEEP<br \/>\nHOME FOR ABANDONED<br \/>\nHIV\/AIDS BABIES<br \/>\nFOUNDED IN 1998<br \/>\nBY<br \/>\nCOLIN &amp; CHERYL PRATLEY<br \/>\nAND DAUGHTER<br \/>\nMICHELLE<br \/>\nALL GLORY TO GOD IN THE HIGHEST<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Any questions? But let&#8217;s dig a bit deeper.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_123\" style=\"width: 175px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/za.scampup.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/7Jrz3Gi1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-123\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-123\" src=\"https:\/\/za.scampup.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/7Jrz3Gi1-165x300.png\" alt=\"+27 76 490 9044\" width=\"165\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/za.scampup.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/7Jrz3Gi1-165x300.png 165w, https:\/\/za.scampup.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/7Jrz3Gi1.png 222w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 165px) 100vw, 165px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-123\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">+27 76 490 9044<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The published telephone number is also a South African number, a mobile number, that can be written as <span class=\"st\"><em><strong>076 4909044<\/strong>. <\/em>A quick search on Google shows a hit on JunkMail:<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_124\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/za.scampup.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/2ngC7tJ1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-124\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-124\" src=\"https:\/\/za.scampup.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/2ngC7tJ1-300x130.png\" alt=\"076 4909044 on Junkmail\" width=\"300\" height=\"130\" srcset=\"https:\/\/za.scampup.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/2ngC7tJ1-300x130.png 300w, https:\/\/za.scampup.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/2ngC7tJ1.png 625w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-124\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">076 4909044 on Junkmail<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Going to this classified ad, we find the content has expired, but still partially visible:<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_125\" style=\"width: 94px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/za.scampup.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/jDIvX6q1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-125\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-125\" src=\"https:\/\/za.scampup.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/jDIvX6q1-84x300.png\" alt=\"JunkMail classifieds\" width=\"84\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/za.scampup.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/jDIvX6q1-84x300.png 84w, https:\/\/za.scampup.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/jDIvX6q1.png 195w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 84px) 100vw, 84px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-125\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">JunkMail classifieds<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The wording in this advert is all too familiar, a classic pet scam.<\/p>\n<p>A victim once asked me what type of people commit pets scams after she herself was defrauded. Here is her answer.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>ScamPup wishes to thank the Pratley family and Sheperd&#8217;s Keep for their selfless devotion and open hearts. It has been an honor and privilege getting to know you virtually while researching this issue, however negative the start of my research has been.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more about Shepherd&#8217;s Keep:<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>The old Sheperd&#8217;s Keep website (the partially plagiarized) is in the process of being upgraded and will be back soon:<\/em><br \/>\n<a title=\"Shepherd's Keep\" href=\"http:\/\/www.shepherdskeep.org.za\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.shepherdskeep.org.za\/<\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"Sheperd's Keep on the Bluff Online\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thebluffonline.co.za\/index.php\/business-directory\/24-hour-emergency-services-the-bluff\/shepherds-keep-the-bluff\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">http:\/\/www.thebluffonline.co.za\/<\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"Sheperd's keep on archive-za.com\" href=\"http:\/\/archive-za.com\/page\/1847281\/2013-04-09\/http:\/\/www.shepherdskeep.org.za\/shepherds-keep-files\/how-you-can-help.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">http:\/\/archive-za.com\/<\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"Boks visit Sheperd's Keep\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sport24.co.za\/Rugby\/LionsinSA\/Boks-visit-abandonded-babies-20090616\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> http:\/\/www.sport24.co.za\/Rugby\/LionsinSA\/Boks-visit-abandonded-babies-20090616<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Shepherd&#039;s Keep - Homes for Abandoned HIV\/AIDS Babies\" width=\"603\" height=\"339\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DYHr2_VseRg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=GJLiWQct1vw<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=saYVrA5BLbI<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shepherd&#8217;s Keep is a home for abandoned babies, HIV positive or not, from birth to six months old. The Home is situated in the heart of the Bluff, south of Durban in the province of KwaZulu Natal, South Africa. Feel free to view the below video. Yet fraudsters saw fit to impersonate Shepherd&#8217;s Keep, not [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[5,4,6,3],"class_list":["post-72","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-cameroonian","tag-fraud","tag-google","tag-scam"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/za.scampup.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/za.scampup.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/za.scampup.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/za.scampup.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/za.scampup.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/za.scampup.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":169,"href":"https:\/\/za.scampup.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72\/revisions\/169"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/za.scampup.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/za.scampup.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/za.scampup.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}