Driving licence replacement scam!

Pollycat

I'm not sure what point you are trying to make with your video link but the words on a website don't move about whilst you're reading them.

As for relying on those clever engineers at Google to remove these ads...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-56886957

This article is dated 3rd May 2021.

An extract:

However, in May 2020 it changed its policy to ban "adverts for documents and/or services that can be obtained directly from a government or a delegated provider" including "offers of assistance to obtain these products or services".

so why are they still allowing them to appear in their search results?

zagfles

Pollycat said:

I'm not sure what point you are trying to make with your video link but the words on a website don't move about whilst you're reading them.

As for relying on those clever engineers at Google to remove these ads...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-56886957

This article is dated 3rd May 2021.

An extract:

However, in May 2020 it changed its policy to ban "adverts for documents and/or services that can be obtained directly from a government or a delegated provider" including "offers of assistance to obtain these products or services".

so why are they still allowing them to appear in their search results?

Read the BBC article. As it says "But trying to catch rule-breakers is a game of "cat and mouse", as the companies can change their tactics and reappear." Does that help?

They have removed 3.1 billion adverts, so there're doing a lot but it's obviously a massive job, even for clever engineers. But as it makes it crystal clear, these ads violate google's policies - so as I said earlier - it's worth reporting them as suggested in the MSE article.

Pollycat

zagfles said:

Pollycat said:

I'm not sure what point you are trying to make with your video link but the words on a website don't move about whilst you're reading them.

As for relying on those clever engineers at Google to remove these ads...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-56886957

This article is dated 3rd May 2021.

An extract:

However, in May 2020 it changed its policy to ban "adverts for documents and/or services that can be obtained directly from a government or a delegated provider" including "offers of assistance to obtain these products or services".

so why are they still allowing them to appear in their search results?

Read the BBC article. As it says "But trying to catch rule-breakers is a game of "cat and mouse", as the companies can change their tactics and reappear." Does that help?

They have removed 3.1 billion adverts, so there're doing a lot but it's obviously a massive job, even for clever engineers. But as it makes it crystal clear, these ads violate google's policies - so as I said earlier - it's worth reporting them as suggested in the MSE article.

Actually, no.

It doesn't help.

It doesn't help the numerous people who get caught out by these websites.

Also from the article:

Some of the websites continued to appear in the adverts even after they were flagged to Google with its reporting tools.

so is there really any point in reporting these Ads if those 'clever engineers' at Google can't stop the adverts and Google don't even always remove them even when they are reported?

zagfles

Pollycat said:

zagfles said:

Pollycat said:

I'm not sure what point you are trying to make with your video link but the words on a website don't move about whilst you're reading them.

As for relying on those clever engineers at Google to remove these ads...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-56886957

This article is dated 3rd May 2021.

An extract:

However, in May 2020 it changed its policy to ban "adverts for documents and/or services that can be obtained directly from a government or a delegated provider" including "offers of assistance to obtain these products or services".

so why are they still allowing them to appear in their search results?

Read the BBC article. As it says "But trying to catch rule-breakers is a game of "cat and mouse", as the companies can change their tactics and reappear." Does that help?

They have removed 3.1 billion adverts, so there're doing a lot but it's obviously a massive job, even for clever engineers. But as it makes it crystal clear, these ads violate google's policies - so as I said earlier - it's worth reporting them as suggested in the MSE article.

Actually, no.

It doesn't help.

It doesn't help the numerous people who get caught out by these websites.

Also from the article:

Some of the websites continued to appear in the adverts even after they were flagged to Google with its reporting tools.

so is there really any point in reporting these Ads if those 'clever engineers' at Google can't stop the adverts and Google don't even always remove them even when they are reported?

Won't always work, sometimes does, eg for passports seems to have. Probably takes far less effort than all the posting on MSE about it. Same as anything else, eg crime, should we not report crime because they don't always get solved?

(yes it's not exactly the same thing, it's what's called an "analogy", I know you don't get them as proved above, which reminded me of an old thread about travel insurance and dental implants where someone didn't get an obvious analogy - I thought that was you

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5225689/drinking-holiday-insurance/p7 )

Anyway, I'm out, otherwise this exchange will go on forever. Unsubscribed. You may have the last word, make the most of it.

Have a nice weekend.

Dbu

born_again said:

zagfles said:

Ask your bank to do a chargeback. They might challenge it, but this is what happened when a passport shyster did:

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5185879/bbc-passport-website-sues-its-customers-richard-howard-britishpassportservices/p2

You could only do a chargeback if you do not get the service.

You can do it anyway. They tend to give in.

born_again

Dbu said:

born_again said:

zagfles said:

Ask your bank to do a chargeback. They might challenge it, but this is what happened when a passport shyster did:

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5185879/bbc-passport-website-sues-its-customers-richard-howard-britishpassportservices/p2

You could only do a chargeback if you do not get the service.

You can do it anyway. They tend to give in.

If you got the licence then your bank would not start it. So in effect you would be breeching the trust with the bank (can lead to them telling you are no longer wanted as a customer)
If the company contest it you lose any refund you got.

Dbu

The bank was willing to with me but advised pushing the shysters first. I don't think a bank would close your account if you're following their advice. They have little time for the shysters.