AIBU - I Think I've just been scammed by a fake Seasalt webpage

Did any of you guys who ordered something receive anything? The tracking from the emails I received shows two parcels from china on their way to me (apparently they're in the uk and cleared customs), so just having a nosy if anybody got anything yet?

There do seem to be fewer Seasalt scams they will find some other poor firm to try and destroy

i did the saesalt scam too. Too good to be true !!! Still being told my goods are coming in 20 days

'That's a laugh. I got rid of my landline years ago as it was all scam calls. Never get them on my mobile.'

@shearwater2 Landline sometimes needed in emergencies, some areas have poor signal for mobiles and varied Broadband coverage

We have an excellent Sky Talk shield system on our landline, no scam calls since then, many more scam texts to mobile despite true caller etc
Not giving mob number as your bank contact was advice given by my DH's bank's anti fraud department

I keep reporting to Facebook & get the same response. Basically Facebook is refusing to take down these scam web links.

According to a quick online look at the Meta Advertising Standards: "Ads must not promote products, services, schemes or offers using deceptive or misleading practices, including those meant to scam people out of money..."

These ads obviously don't comply with this. How can Facebook argue that they meet its standards?! This is ridiculous.

Have reported and the same response just keep on writing scam in comments and sad faces

I've been reporting every one of these ads I can find since this happened. Same response received from Facebook saying that the adverts meet their standards! It's absurd that the company seem willing to endorse fraud via their platform, or even to actively promote it. Whatever standards Facebook have in this area are not fit for purpose.

Same here.

I wish there was a way to report Facebook for breach of rules.

@TheFormidableMrsC
Maybe they'll have more luck than me! I've repeatedly reported the page and today had yet another response from FB saying the ad was fine and was staying. Shocking.

That's awful isn't it.

I report things on TikTok and even really explicit blatant racism is found to OK. It's shocking. I don't know why these platforms are not more accountable.

Maybe they'll have more luck than me! I've repeatedly reported the page and today had yet another response from FB saying the ad was fine and was staying. Shocking.

That’s good to hear, similar stories getting more news cover including one on BBC consumer programme for fake holidays .. X took the poster down but would not comment or reply to BBC🤔. I suspect there will come a saturation point at which Meta, X, etc are spending more money on frauds and fakes and staffing those departments than they make from adverts….

I got an email letter from Seasalt yesterday, saying that they are aware of this site and taking it very seriously.

That's a laugh. I got rid of my landline years ago as it was all scam calls. Never get them on my mobile.

I saw that on Facebook and thought it seemed weird when you clicked on the site the web address was wrong which was a clue looked convincing though

i suppose we wait and see, government have finally clamped down on them with age checks etc and fines can be huge. Although my children don’t go near FB, so they have lost an audience to other things. I read an article by a journalist who had found her photo has been stolen and fake profiles on dating websites and thinks likely FB, she is also shocked at lack of interest by companies to help I write to my MP and she referred my email onto a government spokesperson who has yet to reply. Yes, until FB loose money … and/or loose accounts with thousands of followers … or is that just another fake David Beckham 🤣. We do need celebrities to make a stand about the fakes too….

FB is just complete garbage now. It’s more ads than anything, and most of them bloody fake shite. I nearly fell for this one but did a quick Google for the official site.

i did fall for one selling cute little teeny teddy bears though, fucking ordered 3 and they were just mutant blobs of fur material. Why on earth spend your energy just on setting up shite is beyond me. The same as the thousands of fake ‘win money solitaire or bingo’ game ads on mobile games now. China doesn’t need to invade, it’ll crush us with scamming.

Only if something changes in the USA I expect.

This infuriates me. I have found some excellent companies and products via Facebook without being scammed, but there are more and more obvious scams of well-known brands on there, and FB don't seem to GAF.

eBay isn't much better. There's currently someone supposedly selling a limited edition style of Doctor Martens boots which are currently on the DM website at over £200 a pair. This person is apparently selling multiple pairs in all sizes and colours for £40. They style of boot they're advertising doesn't tally with the photos used, and in the description they are 'unbranded' (despite being described as Doctor Martens throughout the listing and having photos of DMs).

I reported this to eBay who said the person is doing nothing wrong and it hasn't violated their terms. Madness.

Facebook really should sort this out. all the comments fake. I've been caught out before, I now look up the websites first.

Sadly just joined the above group with a purchase on my debit card - must be getting old and careless. Reported and cancelled card burt Facebook have questions to answer about how such actions don’t break community standards whatever that bullshit term means. Why can’t they just take such things off the platform!?
Been looking for a new used car and there are hundreds of dodgy super cheap cars listed to sucker people in. So many are east European selling multiple vehicles- beware!

@Juneday do you think things will change over the next few years? I have a gut feeling FB and the like will start to be held more accountable. It's only by hitting them financially for allowing fraudsters to advertise on their site which will make any difference; as you say, they couldn't give a shit otherwise

Reading this because I spent a week reporting fake FB accounts, not trying to sell necessarily, although all the kittens and puppies were fakes. FB algorithms don’t work, even once removed the same pops up again. New laws to protect children are rightly tough and FB could face crippling fines if they fail to act on harmful contend and age restrictions but as for over 18s they seem not to care. There is a fake Rishi Sunak that can link to Bitcoin scams and porn. Many fake King Charles including one that offers a free draw for a special pass to his home. Thousands of fake military gentleman and surgeons who are all sadly widowed scamming vulnerable women. I let one
start a conversation with me and within 1 hour they had asked me to buy them iTunes vouchers. Obvs I had been faking too and sent a screenshot to Zangi and WhatsApp type messaging service he wanted me to join for private chats! Zangi closed the account and told me it was a male in Nigeria. FB haven’t done a thing. He has hundreds of fake profiles. I think more than 10% of profiles and content on FB is a scam. I know two people using FB marketplace who were contacted by multiple scammers. It’s fine for those of us who see it, but billions is being lost to scams worldwide and not enough is being done. I blame FB and others like them first for not doing enough, but I don’t I understand why no one in government is going after FB for fake Rishi and every fake account for the Royal Family. Did you know King Charles is part of the illuminati and if you friend him on FB you can join him😮🤣. It’s funny until you see the number of friends that account has. You can even see the propaganda starting on the American fake generals - all supporting Trump - wonder who is managing those fake profiles.

My FB account has total privacy settings, a nickname and no profile photo or contact details. Stealing ID is another lucrative game.

its sad to be so cynical I know. But I also had a jury service case that alerted me to certain issues with the dark web and illegal websites.

It’s so rubbish that fb take no responsibility for adverts being fake or used for scamming. It’s almost come to the point where it’s sensible never to buy anything advertised on Facebook as that in itself is a red flag

I did this when in a hurry once with Mint Velvet which claimed to be a sale. The bank got them to refund the money and then cancelled my card and ent a new one.