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PPC- sheeple revolution

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  • Coupon-mad
    Coupon-mad Posts: 159,408 Forumite
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    bt42 wrote: »
    I think the basic problem is that the majority of our staff are nice and law abiding, CRB checked etc, and the prospect of 'breaking laws' is abhorrent to them.

    Even if, they are not breaking any laws! The biggest problem I have to breach is that they assume that these invoices have a legal basis and many as too naïve to believe that a large company, working in partnership with a large public sector institute could merely be spineless scammers


    You have summed up the very reason that the whole scam works, from hospitals to Supermarkets. It works because most people are law-abiding and sadly a trait of many people in the UK is to be far too deferential to perceived authority.

    And I say that as someone who is far from a rebel and does have respect for REAL authority, and like you I have a job with an enhanced CRB check. And you and I can spot this as a scam from a mile off, why can't everyone?!
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  • RENEGADE_2
    RENEGADE_2 Posts: 948 Forumite
    atilla wrote: »
    Just do what you can. If people won't listen and try help themselves, well.
    Screen stickers where you can. Slowly but surely word will get round.

    That may help some of the unsuspecting but the OP is having difficulties in convincing actual acquaintances...that is the sticky issue here.
  • RENEGADE_2
    RENEGADE_2 Posts: 948 Forumite
    Banning Youtube... all the hallmarks of an undemocratic regime I see.
  • Coupon-mad
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    RENEGADE wrote: »
    Banning Youtube... all the hallmarks of an undemocratic regime I see.


    I don't have youtube at work either (primary school) and sometimes the local authority also blocks MSE forums!
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  • taffy056
    taffy056 Posts: 4,895 Forumite
    RENEGADE wrote: »
    Banning Youtube... all the hallmarks of an undemocratic regime I see.

    I agree with that to be honest, if you are in work you should be working not viewing stuff on YouTube , my company has such policies in place the same as a lot of enterprises.
    Excel Parking, MET Parking, Combined Parking Solutions, VP Parking Solutions, ANPR PC Ltd, & Roxburghe Debt Collectors. What do they all have in common?
    They are all or have been suspended from accessing the DVLA database for gross misconduct!
    Do you really need to ask what kind of people run parking companies?
  • RENEGADE_2
    RENEGADE_2 Posts: 948 Forumite
    That's right, them, the Taliban and North Korea! :)
  • RENEGADE_2
    RENEGADE_2 Posts: 948 Forumite
    taffy056 wrote: »
    I agree with that to be honest, if you are in work you should be working not viewing stuff on YouTube , my company has such policies in place the same as a lot of enterprises.

    I'm at work as we speak! You could call me lucky! :rotfl:
  • NotanIdiot
    NotanIdiot Posts: 127 Forumite
    RENEGADE wrote: »
    Banning Youtube... all the hallmarks of an undemocratic regime I see.


    easy to get round, use a proxy or a vpn.
  • bt42
    bt42 Posts: 20 Forumite
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    Tried proxies and VPN. It's a pretty hardcore Internet security setup which defaults to restrictive here
  • taffy056
    taffy056 Posts: 4,895 Forumite
    NotanIdiot wrote: »
    easy to get round, use a proxy or a vpn.

    Yes but it's easy for system administrators to detect proxies being used, don't think it's worth somebody's job to view websites that are banned. My company has strict policies about web use especially on mobiles, streaming video content uses bandwidth.
    Excel Parking, MET Parking, Combined Parking Solutions, VP Parking Solutions, ANPR PC Ltd, & Roxburghe Debt Collectors. What do they all have in common?
    They are all or have been suspended from accessing the DVLA database for gross misconduct!
    Do you really need to ask what kind of people run parking companies?
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