British Passport Services scam

Pollycat

zagfles wrote: »

If you think illegal websites don't exist then you shouldn't be let loose on the internet

I know. :rotfl:

It's just that hpuse has been banging on about these illegal websites for so long and they are still going strong.
Hpuse posts about some people being taken to court and another set of websites appear.

Not just here in the UK but clearly in lots of countries.

So - what can be done?
Hey!
Here's a thought...for those people who don't think illegal websites exist then don't let them loose on the internet. :whistle:

zagfles

Pollycat wrote: »

I know. :rotfl:

It's just that hpuse has been banging on about these illegal websites for so long and they are still going strong.

Does that make you smile? Well, at least you recognise them as illegal. There were lots of dimwits who thought these site were perfectly legitimate :rotfl: They seem to have shut up now after several court cases, and sentences . There, that makes me smile.

Hpuse posts about some people being taken to court and another set of websites appear.

Not just here in the UK but clearly in lots of countries.

So - what can be done?

Best thing is probably to get those "engineers" on popular search engines like "Google" to recognise the illegal sites and not show them in searches. They seem to have done quite a good job in general Another cause for smiling. And to think people took the p out of that! A cause for a hearty laugh:rotfl:

Hey!
Here's a thought...for those people who don't think illegal websites exist then don't let them loose on the internet. :whistle:

Indeed. And those who think illegal websites are in fact legal and perfectly OK. They should have their broadband contract ceased immediately for their own good.

fermi

https://twitter.com/LegalBeagles/status/1004031095090933766

George Orwell ( nee Richard Howard ) plead Guilty in Leeds Crown Court today at the start of what was to be a three week trial about his rip-off copycat passport website... Sentencing in a few weeks.

Malthusian

Insert Room 101 gag here.

Perhaps a dental one attached to a cage of starving rats.

hpuse

DARTFORD CROSSING:

Google takes belated action on ‘copycat’ site that tricks unwary users


https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/apr/20/google-copycat-websites-dartford-crossing

hpuse

Did anyone read the news about fake thomascookrefund website that sprung up to dupe customers searching online on google?

LABMAN

hpuse wrote: »

Did anyone read the news about fake thomascookrefund website that sprung up to dupe customers searching online on google?

No...….did you?

hpuse

LABMAN wrote: »

No...….did you?

Yes, there is a thread here on MSE forums discussing the same:
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/76369076#Comment_76369076

hpuse

New business models springing into action, with re-use of same technology,.....

Now flood victims are targeted by copycat insurance websites appearing at the top of Google searches

https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/news/article-7992419/amp/Now-flood-victims-targeted-copycat-insurance-websites.html

hpuse

New hotline launched to report COVID fraudsters

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-hotline-launched-to-report-covid-fraudsters