It seems the S word has been deemed inflammatory?

esmerobbo

The word scam has been edited out of all posts on CAG. They state in a court case a Judge has deemed the word inflammatory. Has anybody heard anything about this?

trisontana

That means that Trading Standards are in big trouble. They operate a website called Scambusters

esmerobbo

They haven't elaborated on the actual case. I suppose it depends how it was used. like in the way we call PPC invoices Scamvoices?? Or describing the PPC,s ethical business as a scam!!:rotfl:

peter_the_piper

For some time now pepipoo have preferred posters not to use words such as scam, thief etc.

maninthestreet

The forums on www.thisismoney.co.uk seem to have 'lost' the Scams forum.

AlexisV

Three alternatives:

sham
con
hustle

ripped_off_driver

Case appears to be Designtechnica. More of a non case actually, as the defendant never acknowledged, was not represented and took no part in the proceedings. The award appears not to be enforcable on the US based defendant, which is presumably why he took no part. The case is effectively a judgement in default and as such of no real precedent value.

If this case is why CAG acted, and I have no idea, then it may have acted somewhat in ignorance of the real facts of the case. Or alternatively it may be paranoia which does seem to be rife at CAG.

Alternatives to "scam"? I prefer "fast one". This is neutral enough not to imply fraudulent behaviour. And instead of invoice, begging letter may be more appropriate. To be honest the ones suggested by AlexisV are probably more libellous than "scam", that is if "scam" is libellous in the first place.

Orford

i can assure you that there is a good reason why 'scam' has been filtered on CAG and, as far as I know, has nothing to do with the Designtechnica case

geordieracer

pray tell us! Though the amount of times people have screamed 'scam' on sections of this forum when its their own stupidity is quite astounding

sassy_one

geordieracer wrote: »

pray tell us! Though the amount of times people have screamed 'scam' on sections of this forum when its their own stupidity is quite astounding

Your a good one to talk :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

geordieracer

sassy-one wrote: »

Your a good one to talk :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

You know what Sassy - I have never said anything was a scam once on this forum.. Except when taking the Pis5 out of someone who has fallen foul of perfectly fair T&Cs because they wanted something cheap.

do get all your facts right