*COVID19 PANDEMIC SCAM FRAUDSTER* *FRAUDULENT CHARGING WITH NO REFUND* *NO WAY TO DELETE PAYMENT CARD* *NO TELEPHONE NUMBERS THAT WORK* *NO EASY OR SURE WAY TO CANCEL* *NEVER EVER EVER EVER USE & TELL PEOPLE!* Shaw Academy are using the pandemic to defraud and scam people already suffering from Covid19, I've directly experienced what hundreds of other unhappy customers have, fraudulent charging by Shaw Academy, a refusal to refund and an inability to delete my payment details to stop further payments, no human contact at all, fake/dead telephone numbers etc. This company is a Pandemic SCAM. After setting up a free trial from a Facebook ad, Shaw Academy have bombarded me with messages and popups then charged me for a toolkit that was made to appear free in one of these many popups. No indication was given on the popup that it wasn't included in my free trial course and definitely no mention of a £49.99(!?) cost, or I would not have clicked it! Please be careful, this happened as soon as I accessed my trial account from my mobile and during the first few days of my supposedly free trial. The popup asks 'get your course toolkit', no cost is mentioned so it appears included in the course. I clicked and was immediately charged without warning, deliberately and fraudulently, via one click charging using the card Shaw Academy required that I use to set up my trial (setup with the promise of no charges I might add). I immediately complained and requested a refund pointing these facts out, the misleading/fraudulent popup etc. and that I have not accessed any of the course or the toolkit, I was flatly refused a refund. I wish I had researched online before setting up the trial because within 2 mins of Google searching I had found several sites (shawacademyscam.com etc.) setup by angry customers in the same situation, multiple complaints on consumer forums and a warning from TrustPilot regarding Shaw Academy's shady misuse of their Trusted Review policies, with hundreds of fake good reviews drowning out the genuine customers like me, all of whom are as angry and out of pocket during a pandemic. Shaw Academy is a frauduient Irish company run by scam artists James Egan and Adrian Murphy. They have been reported about in the Guardian and other mainstream media, they almost went out of business less than 2 years ago, their backers are fully aware of how Shaw Academy make their money: by committing a massive pandemic SCAM, defrauding people already suffering financially. I don't know how they or the people at Shaw Academy can sleep at night knowing this. I am reporting all this to the Trading Standards Authority, the police and will be publicising this where I can with negative reviews and media articles, These people need to be named, shamed and STOPPED. I am sure the investors that rescued Shaw Academy out of examinership in March 2019 will not wish to be associated publicly with contributing to Covid hardship globally, they will all be getting contacted and mentioned, including: Virgin Group chief executive Stephen Murphy Setanta Sports co-founder Michael O’Rourke Folens Publishing Beach Point Capital David Brown, the co-founder of Oxford International Education Group Neil Balnaves, an Australian investor with media experience Sean Tai, an education investor. The same goes for their suppliers, such as ZenDesk, many global brands that I would hope would not want to be associated with a pandemic scam focusing on ripping off people suffering in Covid19 lockdown. These odious people are tarnishing genuine online education platforms such as Udemy, Coursera, EdX etc. all of whom have been a lifeline for lockdown learners, particularly those out of work so the thought that these leeches are piggybacking on a deadly virus to sucker people in to their scam is enraging, they are morally bankrupt. If anyone wants to take this people to task/court etc. or would be interested in helping unwitting consumers by writing an article please count me in.