fraud on a grand scale - how to stop it?

fraud on a grand scale - how to stop it?

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ruggedscotty

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5,863 posts

221 months

Saturday 4th January
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https://www.facebook.com/registeredukdrivinglicenc...

saw this and wondering how to get it stopped.....

sunbeam alpine

7,154 posts

200 months

Saturday 4th January
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If you click on the 3 dots on the profile page, one of the options is "report profile". I've just done it, but probably need as many reports as possible.

MattsCar

1,578 posts

117 months

Saturday 4th January
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No point in reporting it to Facebook, they could not care less and allow things like this to continue, to the point that you would think they were complicit. 100,000 people could report it and nothing would happen. That page has been active for 9 months and will be so indefinitely. Same goes for all the scam adverts/profiles.

However, if you have a business page with them, have paid advertisements and use a random word like "hung", "Pig" or "Megadrive" in normal fashion, the bots will shut down your entire page and ban you advertising for life. You can appeal, like me, but again, this is run by bots so you won't get anywhere and will receive an instant decision which confirms the ban.

thebraketester

14,908 posts

150 months

Saturday 4th January
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ruggedscotty said:
https://www.facebook.com/registeredukdrivinglicenc...

saw this and wondering how to get it stopped.....
Don't waste your time. Ive reported several on IG and they always respond to say the advert has not been removed etc etc etc.

Spare tyre

10,903 posts

142 months

Saturday 4th January
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I’ve reported a few of those, people are not interested

You’d thing the dvla etc would have people snooping for stuff but if they are they seem powerless

johnsmith222

1,107 posts

94 months

Saturday 4th January
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Chances are these are like the "MOT PASS £100" ads where you pay your money and don't get your MOT or driving licence.

After you've paid your money then it's not like you can report it to the police as you've also likely committed a crime.

BunkMoreland

1,705 posts

19 months

Saturday 4th January
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thebraketester said:
ruggedscotty said:
https://www.facebook.com/registeredukdrivinglicenc...

saw this and wondering how to get it stopped.....
Don't waste your time. I've reported several on IG and they always respond to say the advert has not been removed etc etc etc.
Me too. With the exact same results. And like the poster above, I've had temporary bans for posting things that the bot system doesn't understand (sarcasm mostly biggrin ) and when you appeal it, again instant "we looked at your still banned"

But report Turkish companies selling fake Moncler jackets, or as I once saw, a CCTV video from China of a man with mental problems viciously attacking a passing child rendering him at best unconscious, worst killed! eek

and its "didn't break our guidelines"

I genuinely think Meta is THE worst company on the planet. Worse even that the Cigarette companies in terms of the damage it causes the populations. Bullying, low self steem, mental anxiety etc etc

It makes an absolute mockery when that complete see you next tuesday Zuckerberg sits in front of congress saying he cares about the content on his platform. And Nick fking Clegg can get in the bin too for his role in that stshow

It'll never happen obviously, but if Starmer banned Meta from the UK. It would be the one good thing he ever did

Skyedriver

20,143 posts

294 months

Saturday 4th January
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Clegg has walked I believe, taken his money and left.

Mammasaid

4,609 posts

109 months

Saturday 4th January
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Skyedriver said:
Clegg has walked I believe, taken his £24,000,000 and left.
EFA frown

Spare tyre

10,903 posts

142 months

Sunday 5th January
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Many of the chancers in this long running thread have been at it since at least 2017

https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

No one’s got locked up as far as I know

Jasandjules

70,849 posts

241 months

Sunday 5th January
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Well I was going to suggest we stop voting for them but I see that was not the point of the post..


bimsb6

8,363 posts

233 months

Sunday 5th January
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thebraketester said:
ruggedscotty said:
https://www.facebook.com/registeredukdrivinglicenc...

saw this and wondering how to get it stopped.....
Don't waste your time. Ive reported several on IG and they always respond to say the advert has not been removed etc etc etc.
I only get this page when i click on it .

NoPackDrill

2,292 posts

197 months

Sunday 5th January
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I kept reporting advertisements for weapons that are illegal in the UK - flick knives, saps, extending batons . . .

Never taken down - ironically, because I lingered are read the adverts, the algorithms gave me more. In some cases I would judge Facebook itself was breaking the law, where the advert glamourised the use of knives.

I reported to Trading Standards wherever in North London their registered office is/was . . . and never heard back.

anonymoususer

6,943 posts

60 months

Sunday 5th January
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bimsb6 said:
thebraketester said:
ruggedscotty said:
https://www.facebook.com/registeredukdrivinglicenc...

saw this and wondering how to get it stopped.....
Don't waste your time. Ive reported several on IG and they always respond to say the advert has not been removed etc etc etc.
I only get this page when i click on it .
Yes its very annoying being directed to a link that isnt there

Oh and the AA are a reputable organisation they helped my wife out on several occasions.
To link them in with this is shocking , quite shocking

Ikemi

8,550 posts

217 months

Sunday 5th January
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anonymoususer said:
bimsb6 said:
thebraketester said:
ruggedscotty said:
https://www.facebook.com/registeredukdrivinglicenc...

saw this and wondering how to get it stopped.....
Don't waste your time. Ive reported several on IG and they always respond to say the advert has not been removed etc etc etc.
I only get this page when i click on it .
Yes its very annoying being directed to a link that isnt there

Oh and the AA are a reputable organisation they helped my wife out on several occasions.
To link them in with this is shocking , quite shocking
The page has been removed by Facebook. It appears all the reporting of the page worked - this time!

Hoofy

78,287 posts

294 months

Sunday 5th January
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Ikemi said:
It appears all the reporting of the page worked - this time!
Given my experience is the same as the above posters, then I'm surprised!

I've stopped bothering to report scams in FB Marketplace or profiles. I will still "report to admin" if there's a spammy or scammy post as it's usually a human like us who gives a st about scumbags in their FB group.

Cliftonite

8,556 posts

150 months

Sunday 5th January
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Ikemi said:
The page has been removed by Facebook. It appears all the reporting of the page worked - this time!
But there are others:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/3901743690109760


glenrobbo

37,407 posts

162 months

Sunday 5th January
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Just get rid of all the politicians supposedly in charge of this ruined country of ours and start afresh!

Cliftonite

8,556 posts

150 months

Sunday 5th January
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.
The sites mentioned above have been pulled, but never mind, here's another for you:



https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=6157002684...
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