fraud on a grand scale - how to stop it?

[ruggedscotty]

https://www.facebook.com/registeredukdrivinglicenc...

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

[sunbeam alpine]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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.

[Skyedriver]

Clegg has walked I believe, taken his money and left.

[Mammasaid]

Skyedriver said:

Clegg has walked I believe, taken his £24,000,000 and left.

EFA

[Spare tyre]

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]

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

[bimsb6]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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

[Cliftonite]

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

[glenrobbo]

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

[Cliftonite]

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



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

[thebraketester]

I was also very surprised to get the notification to say that it had been removed.