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

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  • wealdroam
    wealdroam Posts: 19,180 Forumite
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    hpuse wrote: »
    A gift for "R1chard H0ward" of p4ssport 0ffices.co.uk
    https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=ObhGQoxP2BoC

    I guess you haven't read it yet, Hpuse?

    The first sentence on that description indicates that someone in your position could benefit greatly from reading it:
    For those who think their “widget” is the coolest around and are going it alone with PR, getting publicity is often a confusing, hit-or-miss process.
    ;)
  • hpuse
    hpuse Posts: 1,161 Forumite
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    wealdroam wrote: »
    I guess you haven't read it yet, Hpuse?

    The first sentence on that description indicates that someone in your position could benefit greatly from reading it:
    For those who think their “widget” is the coolest around and are going it alone with PR, getting publicity is often a confusing, hit-or-miss process.
    ;)

    Look who is sadly posting on my 100 page widget:T...wealdroam, easy :D
  • bod1467
    bod1467 Posts: 15,214 Forumite
    Will we hit 2000 posts before the anniversary of this thread next Thursday? :D
  • bod1467 wrote: »
    Will we hit 2000 posts before the anniversary of this thread next Thursday? :D

    Probably but it's long enough already. I read it when I'm struggling to fall asleep but so far have never managed to read all of it yet!
  • OlliesDad
    OlliesDad Posts: 1,825 Forumite
    Probably but it's long enough already. I read it when I'm struggling to fall asleep but so far have never managed to read all of it yet!

    You have to really feel for the Google engineers who have presumably been working around the clock for a year (i presume without sleep as this is such an emergency) and still not been able to rid their searches of these companies.:p
  • Mar2505
    Mar2505 Posts: 19 Forumite
    Has anyone got updates on the letters regarding been sent to court unless they pay? Have they got in touch again?
  • Today, BoPsie, completely unaided, and on her own initiative, played around on the internet thingy and paid our car tax. And unfortunately, she was not ripped of by some copycat website, and went straight to Direct Dot Guv instead!


    She is updating her passport next week!
  • OlliesDad wrote: »
    You have to really feel for the Google engineers who have presumably been working around the clock for a year (i presume without sleep as this is such an emergency) and still not been able to rid their searches of these companies.:p


    These engineers have their work cut out, have you seen the repeats and the mess that Universal Job Search is? That is a GuvMant website!!!!!!
    Here is one job, C++ programmer. On once a day for the past 4. No agencies please!
    https://jobsearch.direct.gov.uk/JobSearch/PowerSearch.aspx?rad=20&rad_units=miles&pp=25&sort=rv.dt.di&vw=b&re=134&setype=2&where=DN35&q=C%2B%2B&pg=1


    Them engineers at Gaggle working for Hpuseless would dream of an easy job like this!
  • hpuse
    hpuse Posts: 1,161 Forumite
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    Them engineers at Gaggle working for Hpuseless would dream of an easy job like this!

    4 hrs to take a copycat ad down - is that SLA with rogue copycat operators good enough?
  • hpuse wrote: »
    4 hrs to take a copycat ad down - is that SLA with rogue copycat operators good enough?

    You going to continue pumping out the same old rubbish, or are you actually going to start helping people in this thread, as I believe that was possibly your intention when you started it.
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