Coleen Nolan reveals her sister fell for a fake ad that said Ruth Langsford was promoting fake weight-loss pills and was left £155 out of pocket
- Earlier this year, Ruth Langsford, 59, denied all involvement with diet pill adverts
- The adverts circulating online sell fake pills and see shoppers lose over £100
- Coleen Nolan, 54, admitted her sister fell for the scam and was 'angry' at Ruth
Loose Women's Coleen Nolan revealed that her sister was left furious when she fell for a scam claiming her co-star Ruth Langsford was promoting weight-loss pills.
Earlier this year, Ruth, 59, denied all involvement with a series of online adverts claiming that she was leaving television to sell raspberry keto weight loss pills - insisting that all it was all done without her permission.
However today, Coleen, 54, admitted that one of her sisters spent £155 on the fake diet pills and was 'angry at Ruth' when her product never arrived.
Speaking of Black Friday scams, Ruth said: 'This has actually happened to me, some of you may have seen this. An advert that says I am promoting and selling and putting my name to diet pills, so raspberry keto diet pills.
Loose Women's Coleen Nolan (right) revealed today that her sister was left furious when she fell for a scam claiming her co-star Ruth Langsford (left) was promoting weight-loss pills
Coleen, 54, admitted that one of her sisters spent £155 on the fake diet pills and was 'angry at Ruth' when her product never arrived
'There were stories saying I was giving up all my TV work and concentrating on this new business.
'I had people contacting me saying "I've sent money and nothing has arrived". I was like, "Please don't do this, I have nothing to do with it".'
Ruth's fellow host Coleen then revealed that the same site had user her name to sell the pills, meaning she immediately knew her sister was victim of a scam.
Coleen divulged: 'Well I've got to say something, my sister did it with your stuff.
She lost £155 and she got in touch with me and she said, "Are these pills that Ruth's promoting, are they really good?".
I said "Please tell me you haven't brought them", because they've used my name in the past as well, and I said "It's a scam" and then she was angry at Ruth.
Ruth's fellow host Coleen then told that the same site had user her name to sell the pills meaning she immediately knew her sister was victim of a scam
Ruth then went on to explain that although she's tried her best to shut down the scheme it was impossible to track the source
Ruth then went on to explain that although she's tried her best to shut down the scheme, several ads keep popping up on the internet - making it impossible to track the source down.
'The problem is you can't get these sites taken down,' she added. 'You manage to track it down and another one pops up.
'So all I've been able to do is put on my social media a pinned post that says I have nothing to do with this.
In March, after replying to a series of Tweets from disgruntled followers who had purchased the pills, Ruth released a statement on Twitter denying all involvement with the product
'If you see my name associated with any diet product, please, please don't send money because it's a total scam and I'd love to know how you shut it down.'
In March, after replying to a series of Tweets from disgruntled followers who had purchased the pills, Ruth released a statement on Twitter denying all involvement with the product.
She wrote: 'I would like to make it clear that if you see my name associated with any kind of diet pill, it is without my permission.
'I've been made aware a company is using my name to sell diet pills, it's a scam. I'm NOT giving up my TV career to concentrate on selling diet pills.'
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