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

bod1467

I think your sarcasm detector has failed.

powerful_Rogue

hpuse wrote: »

Easy .easy folks....
Proof is not hiding under T&C's ....and folks now please don't argue here for the sake of it that Thisismoney is run by paparazzi!.

http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/bills/article-2683041/At-Five-arrested-25-websites-suspended-crackdown-fake-copycat-Government-websites.html

Read on....and move on..

Where does it say in that article that they were arrested for fraud? Also in the UK we work to the rule of innocent until proven guilty.

That really was a terrible article that gave little information and contradicted itself by saying

Only a small minority have had their money returned because it is not against the law for a company to offer a service similar to that of an official government body and charge for it.


Furthermore these sites will all have disclaimers in the small print saying that they are not affiliated with the official government sites.

wealdroam

powerful_Rogue wrote: »

Where does it say in that article that they were arrested for fraud?

In fairness, the OP said:

hpuse wrote: »

Arrest was under the Fraud Act.

The [STRIKE]Daily Mail[/STRIKE] This Is Money article said:

pmduk

I can't believe this squabble is still rumbling on.

OlliesDad

hpuse wrote: »

Arrest was under the Fraud Act.

I did see that originally, however it does not explain what the actual crime is. My comment still stands that I don't believe that it is for the act of owning a site that charges you for services you can do yourself for free - I expect it to be part of how they are running the company that is illegal.

hpuse

wealdroam wrote: »

In fairness, the OP said:

The [STRIKE]Daily Mail[/STRIKE] This Is Money article said:

Thanks (and 'thanked') Wealdroam for taking over my seat and responding to the above post. I must say I am glad to see someone helping me out here for the first time..... The journey still continue...

bod1467

bod1467 wrote: »

I think your sarcasm detector has failed.

This obviously needs restated.

Blackbeard_of_Perranporth

Blackbeard_of_Perranporth wrote: »

I note post 1816 has no thanks. Not even from hPuseless.

And still that post awaits a thanks!

Blackbeard_of_Perranporth wrote: »

It's now 48 hours since PC Plod knocked on some doors.

I see no report of anyone being charged!

No rush to the magistrates court to bang up these service providers! Any hope hPuseless?

hpuse

• 74% of clicks from the top 20 driving test searches went to Gov.UK as opposed to 56% of traffic in the autumn. Over the same period, 69% of click through activity for the top 20 driving licence searches went to Gov.UK, compared to 41% in the autumn.

Before someone begs "proof please" ...here you go:


http://central-government.governmentcomputing.com/news/govuk-search-traffic-rises-on-back-of-copycat-site-purge-4312096

hpuse

The link below has names and pictures of the persona's who got arrested.

http://www.sunderlandecho.com/news/crime/businessmen-arrested-in-cyber-crime-investigation-over-cloned-government-websites-1-6714933

So anyone inspiring to be them now has access .....:rotfl: