Fake Martin Lewis Ads

ndf9876

Just saw a fake Martin Lewis ad on my Facebook - I took a screenshot and reported it as a scam.

Post from : Speak 2019

URL given as : Marenpao.com

Redirects to a "Daily Mirror" link that went on about investing in Bitcoin, and how wonderful Martin apparently thinks it is.

Is it worth me hanging onto the screenshot or is reporting to FB sufficient?

Pollycat

ndf9876 wrote: »

Just saw a fake Martin Lewis ad on my Facebook - I took a screenshot and reported it as a scam.

Post from : Speak 2019

URL given as : Marenpao.com

Redirects to a "Daily Mirror" link that went on about investing in Bitcoin, and how wonderful Martin apparently thinks it is.

Is it worth me hanging onto the screenshot or is reporting to FB sufficient?

From the article in the first post:

Here's a list of all the companies we've seen that falsely use Martin's name and even pretend to link back to MSE – we've purposefully not linked to these as we don't want to send anyone their way. If you've seen Martin being linked to any companies not listed here, please get in touch with us via [EMAIL="fakead@moneysavingexpert.com"]fakead@moneysavingexpert.com[/EMAIL].

Don't know if the company you saw is one of the listed ones or not.

drpurple

I now seem to be receiving a fake Martin Lewis "Martin Lewis bitcoin" email every time the MSE email turns up: might want to check if your subscription list has been hacked! It may just be coincidental.

JJ_Egan

You are the first i have seen .

Suggest you contact MSE /

babyfox_2

I'd like to suggest a strapline for you to use re: fake ML ads.  "I'm the Money Saving Expert, not Money Making Expert".  For all the pounds you've saved me Martin, I'll let you have that on for free! 😂

FreddyHeadey

Does anyone have experience of reporting fb ads to ASA ,,, does it have any effect ? 

,,, asa ,,, make-a-complaint ,,, report-an-online-scam-ad

Pollycat

FreddyHeadey said:

Does anyone have experience of reporting fb ads to ASA ,,, does it have any effect ? 

,,, asa ,,, make-a-complaint ,,, report-an-online-scam-ad

What are you looking for?
From ASA website:
Make a complaint - ASA | CAP

We check every issue that you report to us in all of the complaints that we receive and take action where we need to. The information you give us helps us to identify problems that need to be addressed in advertising and alerts us to the issues that matter. We will always let you know if our assessment indicates that you have raised an immediate problem under the Advertising Codes or if your complaint is to be investigated under formal procedures. Otherwise, we will keep a record of your concerns and feed them into our intelligence gathering, but you may not hear from us beyond an acknowledgement that we have received your complaint. Should we determine there is another organisation that is better placed to deal with your complaint, we will let you know.

cannopa

On 8 May I reported a fake ML add on Quora, and received a response they would look into it. It's still there now, 15 May.

Pollycat

cannopa said:

On 8 May I reported a fake ML add on Quora, and received a response they would look into it. It's still there now, 15 May.

Who did you report it to?

C0SM0S

Just seen a fake ML ad on facebook...

Have reported it for fake celebrity impersonation to facebook but don't expect them to do much unfortunatley as I have reported various scams before - they do an "investigation" and find nothing wrong, FB can be a nasty place.