I wonder do the fake MSE sites get fake spammers ??

It doesn't help that the new MSE "skin" looks a bit "fake" - but that's a result of following the recent fad for re-designing websites to look minimalist.

Surely "Fisher Price" style "First Websites" with large, monotone panels/slabs and white space are easier to copy ?

Minimalism might please arty types, but lack of detail, colour, borders, rounded buttons, shading etc looks lazy and unsophisticated.

NatWest and RBS customers said that their website redesigns look "fake" - and one can see why.

I think this site is fake. It's a poor imitation of the MSE forums that I used to know.

Some have voiced concerns about an unknown transaction being taken by a firm they wrongly believe to be MSE...

How??
The other website doesn't even look like MSE and doesn't even have the same name...

Not a clone, but at the very least scraping the forum's content for their own ends,

http://www.donotlink.com/hkjv

It's terrible when somebody copies your hard work and passes it off as their own.

I can't imagine that MSE or Martin would ever condone such activity.

Hi

Found this link on Facebook. Looks like you are endorsing this scheme? I think its a fake. Please advise.

Can't post the link because I'm new !!!!!!!!!!

Which links to this website

Magnum Options

Again I can't post the link because I'm new.

The links goes to an exact copy on the MSE forum endorsing the scheme.

Anyway looks like a money making scheme being endorsed by Martin and MSE forum. Thought you should know a get the advert removed from Facebook.

Blantant ad scam
Spotted by Nodding Donkey

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using full logo and "endorsement"

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Spotted by this user

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.php?p=73730932#post73730932

If you google the license number (ZA235733) it comes up with a few more results.

insurancealert.co.uk

quotes123.co.uk

and life cover above.

Martin promoting Bitcoins again, complete with twitter posts from him saying how great it is.
https://hrsumo.com/debt-free-wannabe-collection-inspiring-true-stories-help-beat-debts-uks-1-money-saving-expert/
It's a particularly bad one as it imitates a page from MSE itself.

Originally spotted by DemiDee

EDIT: Odd. A moment ago it was showing a fake MSE page. Now it's showing a fake Mirror page for the same thing.

there is an MSE guide on the issue of fake sites on the main site.

Same story different link - bizpandaa.com/debt-free-wannabe-collection-inspiring-true-stories-help-beat-debts-uks-1-money-saving-expert/?adset=Adset+1+30+W&adid=ad002&int=noint&gender=W
Appeared as a sponsored post on my Facebook feed (I reported it as a scam).

There is an advertorial appearing on MailOnline app (I saw it this evening when reading the story about Emma Chambers who died yesterday) using a photo of Martin Lewis. The content is flagged From The Web sponsored content by Taboola. The author is Money Saver Report with an article title !!!8220;Bank!!!8217;s can!!!8217;t stop you doing this ...!!!8221;. It links to an article effectively advertising Clever ISA.

HTH

Not a fake site but Martin's picture and name are being used on a top banner advert on Yahoo mail for USANewsgroup promting an article about savings for children of $800.

Unless Martin has sold his soul to the adman I think they must be doing something wrong.

If I see it again I will try to get the link.

eta
link for ad