Rogue Martin Lewis "fan club" group on Facebook

Big_Mac_TMMM

There is a group claiming to be a fan group of Martin Lewis on Facebook. It is called Martin Lewis (Money Saving Expert) Appreciation Society.

Here is the description of the group:

The 'unofficial' appreciation group for Martin Lewis. You may have seen him on the likes of GMTV advising on all things financial. Personally I hold him in high respects for his methods of re-gaining bank charges. If you don't know of him, get to know and if you do know.....appreciate!

There are people posting scams on that group and the person who is admin of the group (Tom Lavin) makes no effort to delete these scams. Maybe he isn't interested in moderating his group any more or maybe he no longer uses Facebook. Either way, this group has gone rogue and dodgy people are trying to push stupid scams on the back of Martin Lewis's name (and the Money Saving Expert name).

I need help getting Facebook to shut this group down. I've tried looking for help on the forums, but that is just for help with the forums themselves.

How can I get in touch with someone at MSE that can get this unhelpful Martin Lewis/MSE fan group removed?

meher

i must be sorely missing something becase for the life in me i don't understand what is wrong with appreciation societies. In fact i]m surprised if you're suggesting that this is the only appreciation page Martin or this site has.

Sparhawke

There are probably lots of such things knocking around the internet, and with a site like this that has a great reputation you will always find people willing to use that name for their own benefit.

Meher, anyone using Martins MSE name for their own benefit destroys a little part of his reputation and that of this site when they use his name, and even worse allows people to market scams and other rubbish on their pages. There may be nothing Martin can easily do about it, but he ought to know that his name is being used in such a way

I have sent the forum team a note about this topic Mac and will let them deal with it in whatever way they see fit

I cannot edit out your link to save others from visiting that page, but could you please? Don't worry, I have included it in my email to the Team

meher

Sparhawke wrote: »

Meher, anyone using Martins MSE name for their own benefit destroys a little part of his reputation and that of this site when they use his name, and even worse allows people to market scams and other rubbish on their pages. There may be nothing Martin can easily do about it, but he ought to know that his name is being used in such a way

Sorry, what benefit? Genuine question because i cannot see facebook pages as i don't have one myself.

Blackpool_Saver

You only need to look at at a few posts to see it's not the real thing

meher

ok i'll trust your judgement then

Former_MSE_Andrea

Thanks everyone, it's been removed.