Reporting Scammers in FB

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@allen0187 (58444)
Philippines
July 25, 2023 5:28am CST
So, I'm still applying and have included FB in my search. Not really a fan of the platform but friends and former colleagues have said that they were able to find work in FB. So I took their advice and joined relevant groups. Much to my dismay, every group has its share of scammers. I was triggered and started reporting every scam post that I see. How do I know these posts are scams? I just know. Seriously, if it is too good to be true, it is possibly a scam. Now, I can just move along and scroll past these posts but it only takes a good person to do nothing for evil to succeed. How do you deal with posts by scammers?
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@LadyDuck (458689)
• Switzerland
25 Jul
You lose your time reporting, FB never cares to listen to customers. I skip and move on and block those who sound to be scammers.
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@allen0187 (58444)
• Philippines
26 Jul
Sounds like a better option for me.
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@LadyDuck (458689)
• Switzerland
26 Jul
@allen0187 It's the only way to go with FB. They never answer back, they never stop the scammers.
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@cacay1 (83220)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
26 Jul
@LadyDuck, I am always doing that blocking those scammers.
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@DaddyEvil (137142)
• United States
25 Jul
Easy, I don't go on Fakebook. On myLot, I report scammy posts.
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@allen0187 (58444)
• Philippines
26 Jul
I go to FB to look for a potential second job.
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@DaddyEvil (137142)
• United States
26 Jul
@allen0187 I understand.
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@allknowing (130063)
• India
25 Jul
I have never felt the need and so would not know.
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@allen0187 (58444)
• Philippines
26 Jul
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@toniganzon (72279)
• Philippines
25 Jul
I belong to a lot of crochet groups on fb and was asked to be a moderator of one but I refused as I don't have the time to be on there. I have seen tons of scams offering jobs with no qualifications and all you need to do was to send a message to that person. Scam. I have reported several of that to the admin groups but I'm not sure they did something about it.
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@allen0187 (58444)
• Philippines
26 Jul
I reported a couple of posts. Not sure if it makes a difference or not.
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@cacay1 (83220)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
25 Jul
I also report them to Facebook. There were already many of them I reported as scam.
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@allen0187 (58444)
• Philippines
26 Jul
Were their accounts banned?
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@cacay1 (83220)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
26 Jul
@allen0187 , Maybe.
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• India
25 Jul
I have joined these groups too and they are full of scammers and spammers
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@allen0187 (58444)
• Philippines
28 Jul
@Butterfingers sorry to hear that. If that is the case, the group admins aren't really helpful.
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@allen0187 (58444)
• Philippines
26 Jul
So do you deal with scammers and report them?
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• India
26 Jul
@allen0187 no I just ignore, these group admins don't take our reports seriously
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@AmbiePam (85663)
• United States
25 Jul
Sadly, I just tend to ignore them because Facebook seems to overlook these scams. However, you are doing the right thing to report them. I’m just not on Facebook enough to make a difference.
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@allen0187 (58444)
• Philippines
26 Jul
I might start to ignore these as it eats up time.
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@jstory07 (134525)
• Roseburg, Oregon
26 Jul
I report them and move on. That is all you can do.
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@allen0187 (58444)
• Philippines
26 Jul
Same. I guess, I'll stop reporting now and just move on.
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@JESSY3236 (18957)
• United States
25 Jul
I haven't been on facebook lately.
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@allen0187 (58444)
• Philippines
26 Jul
I won't be on Facebook if I wasn't looking for a second job.
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@simplfred (20641)
• Philippines
25 Jul
It is really right now to differentiate what is real from not. A lot of people we know are sharing things they haven't research if real legit or not.
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@allen0187 (58444)
• Philippines
26 Jul
True that is why we should be careful with what we share online.
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@MelthySow (152)
• Indonesia
26 Jul
Just ignored it
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@allen0187 (58444)
• Philippines
26 Jul
That might be the way to go.
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@allen0187 (58444)
• Philippines
28 Jul
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• Indonesia
26 Jul
@allen0187 Yes.. simple action.
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