Steps to take if you have been ripped-off by a copy-cat government website

Azari

hpuse wrote: »

T8. [903001] Graham Jones (Hyndburn) (Lab): Last weekend I was searching for a V14 form to return a tax disc, I did a search on Google and a copycat website came up offering services that cost money. What efforts are being made by the Government to work with the advertising agencies to try to deal with copycat websites that are ripping people off?


Mr Maude: My colleagues in the Department for Culture, Media and Sport and I had a meeting with Google and others last week to address exactly this issue. We are taking urgent steps, with Google and with the Advertising Standards Authority, to address it. It is a real concern, the hon. Gentleman is right to raise it and we are on the case.


Source: http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201314/cmhansrd/cm140312/debtext/140312-0001.htm#140312-0001.htm_wqn16


Is that enough for you, Pollycat?

Hmmm:

"We are taking urgent steps, with Google and with the Advertising Standards Authority, to address it" != "Google has a team of engineers working round the clock to stop copycat ads getting displayed by these perpetrators"

hpuse

Azari wrote: »

Sorry, I know I shouldn't be encouraging him.)

FYI, I do not need anybody's encouragement.
For every newbie that comes to this thread and makes few strong statements against this copycats or posters religiously defending bank's refund position -they are swiftly reported and branded as what they call "hpuse"'s AE.

That itself is the best encouragement I get to never quit!!

hpuse

Azari wrote: »

Hmmm:

"We are taking urgent steps, with Google and with the Advertising Standards Authority, to address it" != "Google has a team of engineers working round the clock to stop copycat ads getting displayed by these perpetrators"

FYI, AZARI - Google does not publish their operation's and monitoring procedures in public domain.

They already have a bad press for tax evasion and don't want to ruffle feathers again with UK government.

If you want, search for "tax disc" and tax discount" and see the difference on a copycat that was removed few weeks ago.

powerful_Rogue

hpuse wrote: »

FYI, I do not need anybody's encouragement.
For every newbie that comes to this thread and makes few strong statements against this copycats or posters religiously defending bank's refund position -they are swiftly reported and branded as what they call "hpuse"'s AE.

That itself is the best encouragement I get to never quit!!

But he was your AE! Thats why once he was reported his account was removed! :rotfl:

hpuse

powerful_Rogue wrote: »

But he was your AE! Thats why once he was reported his account was removed! :rotfl:

Who was he?
Ah, another case begging for a quote / reference .....


Do you think general "public" come here and watch this space?

powerful_Rogue

hpuse wrote: »

Who was he?
Ah, another case begging for a quote / referece .....

Sorry hpuse, im not going to oblige. You know what im talking about and so does everyone else.

Maybe if you showed some courtesy in replying to other asking you for evidence to back up your ludicrous quotes then maybe I would think differently.

hpuse

powerful_Rogue wrote: »

Sorry hpuse, im not going to oblige. You know what im talking about and so does everyone else.

Maybe if you showed some courtesy in replying to other asking you for evidence to back up your ludicrous quotes then maybe I would think differently.

The only thing that I can backup with quotes in this thread is hpuse is not an AE of powerful_rogue, pollycat, valli, et all...... <list not complete> :rotfl:

wealdroam

hpuse wrote: »

Do you think general "public" come here and watch this space?

No, I don't.

Why would general "public", whoever he is, read this thread?

There is simply nothing of any use to anyone here.

Valli

hpuse wrote: »

The only thing that I can backup with quotes in this thread is hpuse is not an AE of powerful_rogue, pollycat, valli, et all...... <list not complete> :rotfl:

go on then - post quotes to prove hpuse is not an AE of any of these posers!

Not that that is what you were asked to prove.

But. apparently, you cannot provide quotes to substantiate your wild claims. Why am I not surprised?

gik

hpuse wrote: »

Who was he?
Ah, another case begging for a quote / reference .....


Do you think general "public" come here and watch this space?

It was you...as you well know!