Here we go - thread #9 about Sarah Akwisombe, who is facing multiple court cases for refunds & damages for fraudulent misrepresentation under the Misrepresentation Act 1967, and currently being investigated by the ASA, Action Fraud, Trading Standards and her local authority (Croydon Council).
As we know, her fraud runs well into the hundreds of thousands of pounds with hundreds of victims.
Here's a TLDR to the story so far, to kick off the thread which will have links, legal advice and more to help you with your claims.
UK blogger/influencer Sarah Akwisombe has recently been the focal point of a major controversy involving unethical selling of courses to the female SME sector, failed service delivery, false claims around revenues and results, and refusal to refund over £200k to clients affected by non-delivery of service.
Naturally, this has considerable potential to negatively impact the reputation of organisations she is working with (and has worked with previously), resulting in several already taking steps to distance themselves.
A brief summary of key events is below, followed by links to the national and international media coverage of the fallout from the situation:
- Sarah Akwisombe she was going to make a million pounds in lockdown and show everyone how she did it
- At the same time, launched multiple new group coaching courses as well as 1-2-1 coaching services
- Service levels for both group coaching/courses and private clients fall short after 4 months. People are unhappy
- Late September saw Sarah share a video saying she had "made a million".
- Days later, Sarah posts a video saying she had let everyone down, the service was poor, remaining months on the courses were cancelled
- Transpired the million pounds included forward booked business, so approximate splits were £600k banked, £400k forward booked and not yet billable
- Sarah Akwisombe deleted multiple social posts and videos as clients started to demand refunds
- Sarah starts blocking anyone who questions her
- Some people have been able to reclaim refunds from their banks, which is good news, many others still fighting. Sarah claims £75k refunded. At least £200k of refund claims currently being fought for by clients.
Links to all Tattle threads:
https://tattle.life/tags/sarah-akwisombe/
Links to key media and assets:
Undelete - all deleted social content
https://uk.undelete.news/account/5834#/
Refinery29
https://www.refinery29.com/amp/en-gb/money-manifesting-life-coaching-instagram
Women on Top part 1
https://www.thewotpod.com/article/scams-dressed-female-empowerment
Women on Top part 2 https://www.thewotpod.com/article/scams-dressed-female-empowerment-part-2
Women on Top part 3 https://www.thewotpod.com/article/scams-dressed-female-empowerment-podcast
Metro
https://metro.co.uk/2020/12/04/why-...3696780/#metro-comments-container?ito=cbshare
The Independent
https://inews.co.uk/opinion/money-manifesting-courses-finance-covid-19-739366
Vice
https://www.vice.com/en/article/m7agxa/does-manifesting-money-work
Medium
Polit RU
https://m.polit.ru/article/2020/11/27/experimentmoney/
Video clip where Sarah Akwisombe says all that matters was getting money in, never mind about servicing the business
As we know, her fraud runs well into the hundreds of thousands of pounds with hundreds of victims.
Here's a TLDR to the story so far, to kick off the thread which will have links, legal advice and more to help you with your claims.
UK blogger/influencer Sarah Akwisombe has recently been the focal point of a major controversy involving unethical selling of courses to the female SME sector, failed service delivery, false claims around revenues and results, and refusal to refund over £200k to clients affected by non-delivery of service.
Naturally, this has considerable potential to negatively impact the reputation of organisations she is working with (and has worked with previously), resulting in several already taking steps to distance themselves.
A brief summary of key events is below, followed by links to the national and international media coverage of the fallout from the situation:
- Sarah Akwisombe she was going to make a million pounds in lockdown and show everyone how she did it
- At the same time, launched multiple new group coaching courses as well as 1-2-1 coaching services
- Service levels for both group coaching/courses and private clients fall short after 4 months. People are unhappy
- Late September saw Sarah share a video saying she had "made a million".
- Days later, Sarah posts a video saying she had let everyone down, the service was poor, remaining months on the courses were cancelled
- Transpired the million pounds included forward booked business, so approximate splits were £600k banked, £400k forward booked and not yet billable
- Sarah Akwisombe deleted multiple social posts and videos as clients started to demand refunds
- Sarah starts blocking anyone who questions her
- Some people have been able to reclaim refunds from their banks, which is good news, many others still fighting. Sarah claims £75k refunded. At least £200k of refund claims currently being fought for by clients.
Links to all Tattle threads:
https://tattle.life/tags/sarah-akwisombe/
Links to key media and assets:
Undelete - all deleted social content
https://uk.undelete.news/account/5834#/
Refinery29
https://www.refinery29.com/amp/en-gb/money-manifesting-life-coaching-instagram
Women on Top part 1
https://www.thewotpod.com/article/scams-dressed-female-empowerment
Women on Top part 2 https://www.thewotpod.com/article/scams-dressed-female-empowerment-part-2
Women on Top part 3 https://www.thewotpod.com/article/scams-dressed-female-empowerment-podcast
Metro
https://metro.co.uk/2020/12/04/why-...3696780/#metro-comments-container?ito=cbshare
The Independent
https://inews.co.uk/opinion/money-manifesting-courses-finance-covid-19-739366
Vice
https://www.vice.com/en/article/m7agxa/does-manifesting-money-work
Medium
Polit RU
https://m.polit.ru/article/2020/11/27/experimentmoney/
Video clip where Sarah Akwisombe says all that matters was getting money in, never mind about servicing the business
