Rogue website sells ‘dodgy wigs’ to cancer patients

By 2020-10-21Science & Tech

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By Jon Douglas
Reporter, You & Yours

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image copyrightUrhair.co.uk

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image captionSome of the website’s adverts include pictures of children and mention chemotherapy

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Cancer patients are being targeted by a rogue website selling wigs which do not match the ones pictured in its adverts.

Urhair.co.uk includes photographs of child models in wigs which it says are suitable for those “undergoing chemotherapy or other forms of medically related hair loss”.

Customers who have complained about the quality of the wigs they received say they have been refused refunds.

The website has failed to respond to requests for comment from the BBC.

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