Facebook is a Cesspool of Fraud, Fake Accounts, Scams and Worse..

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VIDEO INDEX:
00:00 - Intro
00:20 - Fake accounts swarming a friend
01:33 - My "honeypot" post nets dozens of scammers
02:05 - Why So Many Scammers?
05:10 - Facebook takes no action
06:12 - Fake home improvement scams in groups
07:36 - Human trafficking?
08:30 - Identity verification?
11:48 - Education resources
13:32 - Conclusion
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[@LonSeidman]

Right after I posted this video I saw this on one of my local groups: "Warning - last week there was a post about duct cleaning. I pm’d the author then when the author finally told me the name of the company I checked it on BBB. Yikes! I nicely told her via pm that i would move need the services. Now she wont leave me alone - i had to block her every way i could and reported her to FB - Long story short - be very careful contacting any “company “ that doesn’t put company name and info in post. I knew better and still got myself in trouble"

[@typerightseesight]

it's been about as bad as myspace was in the 2000s for almost a decade now. But, most recently. It stopped functioning too. Remember when myspaces website wouldnt actually load for like 30 seconds. yeh, and theres buttons that dont press. I duno if its my gpu but youtube has been flickery too. ive been on a computer since the 90s so i can see the programming errors. but, i should probably do my part and upgrade soon.

[@DavidM2002]

I get the duct cleaning phone calls all the time. I let them complete the long involved speech and interject occasionally with some basic, generic questions. When they're done, I just reply that I don't have any ducks but I have 2 chickens and 3 geese and can they clean them for the same price. Usually I just get some south Asian accented swearing before the final click in my ear. Oh well...

[@typerightseesight]

@@danwipper I used to be a window cleaner and this one time the boss said when we get there we need to clean the ducts too. And we literally had no idea what he was talking about. When we got there it was just us window cleaners except like 2 more than they usually send out to the location. And for real, like they just walked around with dusters acting busy I am sure it wasn't anything professional it was like 200 extra dollars. lol

[@warwagon]

I Run a Facebook swap, And I go round all the cesspool swaps and get keywords from all the scam postings and add them to my admin assist. If an when a post is created matching those keywords their the post gets deleted and they get banned from the group. One example of a keyword would be "tend to your kids (or pets),". Something matching those keywords would be from a work from home scam.

[@guyfawkesuThe1]

Facebook makes accounts themselves! They go through directories and create accounts for businesses and organizations who never sought to create accounts... at least they did a few years ago!

[@ulrichschnell2331]

Just another reason to stop using these platforms.

[@IRDeady]

Seriously. Once you stop fb, Twitter, insta etc you don't even miss them. It's just a problem you don't have to deal with anymore.

[@seriouscash]

word. my real life is so much better without social media

[@creatrixZBD]

KZbin is in this group too, it’s full of dross and scams

[@ricpla6930]

Thanks to the usual suspects

[@FP65]

Absolutely.

[@facetiouslyinsolent8313]

As a retired photographer I deleted my Facebook back in 2009 after reading the terms of service (painfully) and realizing they will take ownership of any photos you post personal or professional and can sell them to anyone and everyone.

[@jeffgutierrez8796]

Yes. I quit facebook years ago, over the same terms. I'm a musician, my band thought promoting our music online was a good idea... It wasn't.

[@HoleshotBass]

Yep!!!! A few years ago, I found my "deleted" account was turned into a bot account after being off the platform for quite some time. I wish I never signed up years ago!

[@bhatkat]

The whole thing is one big scam enabling thousands of smaller ones, thanx for the reminder of how they can legally steal everthing we post.

[@NondescriptMammal]

I was on it back when it was just starting to get widely popular, but way before they took over the social media world and had literally billions of users. Fake names were the norm back then, just like on most web sites that had accounts for chatting or forums or whatever, you didn't use your real name, you just made something up, like here on KZbin even now. I deleted my account and left when they first started requiring personal information to have an account. They only required a phone number or email or maybe both, I don't remember. But even that was a big "no thanks" for me, I didn't really use it that much anyway.

[@smallwang7]

Facebook has tyrannical ban rules. Adults don't need supervision. If you sneeze at someone hard enough facebook bans you for months. People can curse each other without crying to mommy. The only thing should be banned is criminal activity. Fake accounts/scams/pornography.

[@D-V-A]

Really annoys me how FB will ban or suspend your account for slight language infringements but allow obvious criminal scammers to advertise in their paid advertising.🤬🤬

[@tessaroma1970]

Maybe some of the scammers or friends of scammers work in FB customer service

[@dangerkatdev]

Yeah, it’s insane. I’ve been banned so many times for stupid reasons. Then, I report actual crimes and get a response that it doesn’t go against their ToS, so it won’t be removed.

[@jeffgriffith7003]

@@tessaroma1970 absolutely, I agree with you.

[@DARKSEID007]

I got a 30 day ban for a post that was made 7 years previously, which is just freaking insane.

[@zr9145]

Yup, recently reported someone selling stolen credit cards and I called them a c%nt! I got a 48 hour ban for swearing the scammer got left alone. Go figure..

[@dubbzz2349]

4 years without bookface. Absolutely dont miss it.

[@TidalWaveDan]

Saddest part is they’ll ban real accounts “violating community rules” but won’t look twice at a scam/spam account

[@warthogA10]

They'll ban them, but not delete them because their ad revenue is based on how many "active" accounts they have

[@VivaCatatumbo973]

KZbin does exactly the same thing

[@MaTtRoSiTy]

Totally, this is why I stopped interacting with any posts on FB. They also hide certain replies and if you're on the wrongthinker list then your comments almost always get hidden, so it makes pretty much any discussions utterly pointless. Great way to encourage users to NOT engage with your platform

[@warthogA10]

@@MaTtRoSiTy KZbin does the same thing. Their algorithms are set up to insta-delete comments which in no way violate their "community guidelines" but state opinions and even facts they don't like. and they also hide comments from public view. Myself and some others have been tracking and logging instances for a long time, and that data has been being shared with members of Congress, and being compiled. And there are many other groups who've been doing the same.

[@MarciaHooley-fr7qj]

I quit reporting the Nigerian scammers, obvious fake accounts and they don't do anything Why try, right?

[@SolKnightt]

I love how Facebook auto scans memes i upload and misinterprets them, resulting in "strikes" against me. But they refuse to do anything about actual crime.

[@Kryptic1046]

I've reported literal death threats I've seen users make towards other users on FB, and their useless "support" wouldn't remove the posts. FB is a joke. I left the platform in 2020.

[@terrycummings81]

They actually FACT CHECK memes.

[@PERTEKofficial]

I posted a Waldo meme and Facebook threatened to ban my account for “inciting violence”.

[@nightvision3182]

farsebook is for the woke, the lemmings and the bored.

[@guineapigzed]

Yes

[@rkornilo]

I know I'm late here but this reminds me of credit card corporations allowing fraud because the consequences cost them less than putting in the resources to address the problem. Thanks for talking about this, Lon!

[@HackerJohn-zz4ti]

hello good day 👋🤗 I am hacker John I help people trace scammers , recover back their money back and trace kidnappers, and stop blackmailing of any type. So have you been scammed before?

[@OffDaChayn]

Yep, I remember I have reported a bunch of sex related pages and they got no traction at all. Even when, at one point, people had pages with overt nudity in it while advertising marijuana. But as soon as I took a screenshot, blurred out the nudity, and reposted something from THEIR platform, I got slapped with a 30 day ban! I'm so tired of Facebook..... And Twitter and everywhere else is worse.

[@me2846]

I deleted all social media ( all bs anyways) i dont miss it at all ! once they popped me for something i didnt do i got rid of It ALL

[@popixel]

It absolutely is filled with scammers, and the thing that I hate is that Facebook protects the scammers when you report them

[@pauobunyon9791]

Like You tube is any different...lesson is don't trust your life on the web keep your privacy on guard and deal with real life people instead of online people

[@popixel]

@@pauobunyon9791 I’ve not noticed it on KZbin nearly as bad. Facebook actually allows scammers to give them money so they can advertise directly to your feed. Where as KZbin can only send you replies to comments.

[@smallwang7]

Facebook has tyrannical ban rules. Adults don't need supervision. If you sneeze at someone hard enough facebook bans you for months. People can curse each other without crying to mommy. The only thing should be banned is criminal activity. Fake accounts/scams/pornography.

[@kingvagar]

KZbin feels like it does the same with the abundant bots that are here in this site.

[@RainbowRoadCrashTest]

Yes. So does IG and TikTok. Etc.

[@MrLivewire1970]

I stopped using facebook back in 2019 and now I never hear from family or friends. Its like they forgot theres other forms of communication.

[@SSSNoOne]

That is their loss!

[@mdcs1992]

Like you forgot there's something called punctuation.

[@MrLivewire1970]

@@mdcs1992 ok, Karen.

[@warthogA10]

I dropped it after a few months of it's first year because it's stupid.

[@butterfliesandfate]

I miss getting hand-written letters in the mail. Phone calls, too!!

[@berubejj]

A good rule of thumb to avoid being scammed on FB is never buy anything through a FB advertisement.

[@timothymhuegel4159]

Facebook does nothing about scams and criminal activities but if you call someone a "poop head" in a comment you end up in jail for violating "Community Standards".

[@walterbkeen]

Facebook support is utterly useless.. Facebook needs to be held accountable for allowing this to occur.

[@ericB3444]

Wrong. It’s the best in the world they have a concierge 24 hour gold glove service that comes over with a white glove, rather not a gold glove and then goes ahead and does whatever you ask.

[@hellomsmckay]

The fact they let it continue will be their accountability when the businesses realize it's a cesspool and does nothing for their businesses.

[@GrandChessboard]

Held accountable by who?

[@archangel115]

I don't understand your point. Facebook doesn't force anyone to be on their platform. If for example you have an account with FB and you get scammed, that's really on you and not on FB. It would be an exchange between you and your scammer. So how does the owner of a platform with billions of users be accountable for everything that happens to every single one of their users?

[@hellomsmckay]

@@TheReturnOfJMVEntertainment I signed up briefly over the summer to user the marketplace when I was selling my car. Immediately bombarded by scammer trolls wanting me to pay for a vehicle report on their clearly fake bs vehicle report site. So, I reported them. Then one of them swiped my profile photo of my vehicle, reported my account and I got put in time out for 180 days. I hope they go bankrupt for all their corrupted nonsense. I'm creating my own paid social community. I think that's where this is all headed. Groups leaving fb and starting their own indie communities for profit. They're actively growing. Once it crosses over in the next year or so where the collective masses are abandoning social network platforms for private paid communities, that's when the fall cometh lol.

[@anthonyzheng7274]

I quit FB back in 2017 and never looked back. Never been happier and stress free!

[@inlandempress4587]

2020 me too. Never better

[@mikedavis2969]

@@inlandempress4587 Smart move !

[@mynameismok8424]

Same. Funny thing was at the time it felt like a big decision to do so. Now I couldn't care less about FB.

[@inlandempress4587]

@@mynameismok8424 right🤣🤣🤣

[@latinosalpoder1429]

Me too, in 2020

[@janezanchelli3784]

A person I know had her account taken over and had to reach out to a United States senator and congress person who then talked to Facebook on her behalf. It is ridiculous if you have to actually go to those lengths. There are no customer service agents available to help you at all on Facebook via phone. At least not that I know of

[@genekelly8467]

Most of the "friend" requests I get are from fraudulent accounts from scammers in 3rd World boiler rooms. I get the same mispelled, bad englisg requests from people who don't exist.

[@davidockley2987]

ENGLISH?* Was it intentional?

[@PratPrathnadi]

I also left FB 4 years ago and terminated and deleted everything there. I am sorry that my family and friends still use them as they see what they believe to be benefits. To me, I got my life back. More time with real people, more time with nature and more time for self.

[@anthonyheyman9833]

i terminated my fb account 3 years ago, only for facebook to open it back up and link it to my instagram. when i had my friend shut it down, facebook opened it back up and even changed my password so i wouldnt be able to shut it down again.

[@ryanu3708]

I have family and friends who are absolutely addicted to Facebook. It’s literally their entire existence. It’s almost like a cult.

[@WindTurbineSyndrome]

I was in 2010-2015 but thankfully found better things to do but was spending hours on it getting into dramas. I finally realized it was destroying my mental health. I hope to delete it entirely in 2024. I like FB Messenger and the birthday reminder. My page is private. I stopped posting to fb entirely in 2020 and the data mining alone is disgusting.

[@kellychuang8373]

That really is sad and also seems like a disaster waiting to happen.

[@FlipGz]

And when you talk shit about it they think your weird.

[@BKT42]

Facebook did that on purpose. Mark can't make money without getting people addicted.

[@kellychuang8373]

@@BKT42 Wouldn't be surprised on that and considering the times we live in.

[@adamrussell1433]

Wait, so you’re telling me adults are STILL using Facebook?! That is the real tragedy here.

[@rz9305]

Please, everyone just get off the social media platforms. Many people are in a very reactionary state of mind like you stated in your video and desperate for anything. I’ve been off Facebook for a very long time now it’s the best thing I’ve ever done for my life there’s no point to it there’s no point to any of the social media crap

[@superslick4329]

Theres no point to being social in general. Money is worthless

[@LetsGoChaseThatTrain]

That's the exact same response I get every time I report a scammer, no matter how blatantly obvious it is, even to a preschooler. Yet when I call a scammer a scammer in comments, I'm the one who gets another stretch in the FB House of Corrections.

[@turtle4826]

I report porn spam and yup same message. Like I'll post a comment or question on a post for a product and first comment or comments is usually porn.

[@smallwang7]

Facebook has tyrannical ban rules. Adults don't need supervision. If you sneeze at someone hard enough facebook bans you for months. People can curse each other without crying to mommy. The only thing should be banned is criminal activity. Fake accounts/scams/pornography.

[@markbarton2652]

Like you, I've had the same response from Facebook. They don't really care.

[@sarahberkner]

You should tell the scammer they'd have better luck if they were more political, maybe they'll try it and be put in FB jail.

[@javierc2726]

Stop using facebook altogether. Thats the solution

[@makojuicedaniel9307]

Who still uses it though? fakebook is old and outdated.

[@mikedavis2969]

I agree !

[@mickael486]

it's not that this exists. the worst part is how deliberately uncaring FB is to do anything about it... almost as if they are encouraging it.

[@dave5008-]

Great and informative video. Also loving the nostalgia in the background. One of the things I didn't hear mentioned was the fact that the Facebook accounts overseas have been able to "lock" their profile picture for several years where as users based in North America don't have that ability. This is where you are unable to clock on a larger size of your profile picture and a hover button pops up and tells you the profile picture is locked.

[@gramps1959]

They do not want to do anything about the fake accounts that way they can tell their advertisers we have so many accounts and you would have this amount of people to see your ads on our platform

[@b4804514]

It is a conflict of interest so FB can lie.

[@fuzzywzhe]

@@b4804514 FaceBook was created to monitor the population at first, then to influence it later. The fake accounts are government propaganda accounts, chiefly.

[@watsisbuttndo829]

If facebook managed to kick out all the blatant scams their ad revenue would drop by at least 70%.

[@KLiNoTweet]

Just like Twitter was, 90% or so of fake accounts.

[@sarahberkner]

I posted an ad for my work and it was actually worth it for the price, but the fake ads on there bother me. And I tried reporting fake accounts recently and it wouldn't let me.

[@keithperdue4993]

I get 200+ 'friend requests" every day from places that post in foreign languages from people who obviously aren't looking for an unknown guy in his 70s. This is why I dumped my account.

[@navinbalan]

I started seeing so much hate in a news portal, and reported the hate post. I got a similar response like 3:14 . I later realized that the algorithm started linking hateful content to me (the same stuff that i reported). I removed facebook from my pin tab on my PC browser, but now started getting constant notifications about new friend suggestion of people i dont even know (which is didnt get before), on my phone. I then deleted the app from my phone. Life has been very peaceful ever since.

[@eagleeye5397]

Thanks for covering this topic. Had no idea about that AARP podcast. I have watched several scam busting channels and never heard of it.

[@ondemand4194]

Facebook has been like this forever the don't take them down because it makes the platform look like it has more active users than they really do

[@ghostmantagshome-er6pb]

This is what elon musk had to deal with fake Twitter accounts. THOUSANDS!!

[@RainbowRoadCrashTest]

To break it down. Scammers = Customers Users = Products

[@loveydovey8383]

I will NEVER give a social media company my ID, credit card or anything like either of those. When that happens, I stop using social media forever.

[@personzorz]

I have been confounded for a few years because I lost access to the account because the associated email address lapsed, but they will not give it back to me unless I give them government ID.

[@sarahberkner]

I will say I work for a non-profit and posted an ad on there, and it was relatively inexpensive for the amount of people it reached. But social media including KZbin is addicting so I'm considering going cold turkey but haven't yet.

[@edwardeno1314]

Is it possible that Facebook doesn't care about fake accounts because they get more ad revenue from them?

[@mrbear4495]

This is the first video I've seen that actually gets to the point.

[@tswyoung5223]

Facebook is now a scammers dream.

[@mikedavis2969]

Don't use it !

[@jayrowe6473]

Always was.

[@largefish8417]

I reported a profile that had "Adult pictures" but replace adult with minors. I reported it with a screen shot. Not only did they do nothing, they restricted MY account. Zero F's given

[@Kenno10rapid]

I left fb completely last year. After encountering people from a group that has been gangstalking me for years and having a strong feeling that my account was being manipulated from inside fb I have concluded that fb is a breeding ground for criminal activity and those who are involved on the inside including their shady monitors are dishonest and part of a shady criminal enterprise. Would now avoid fb at all costs. There's no way that the execs and ceo's don't know what is going on either.

[@sherryvt61]

I closed my Facebook account 3 years ago and haven't looked back. The scams are 1 reason, but also because people can get so ugly, and because people misrepresent their lives.

[@butterfliesandfate]

Me too! It's been three years ago this month. The app is just a tool used to brag to others how wonderful your life is. It's narcissistic. I've often referred to it as the loneliest place on earth.

[@KMyer]

Isn't it surprising how their followers support them? It's unbelievable.

[@TYRONE_SHOELACES]

My ex-wife left me after using my line of credit to get 15 thousand dollars in fake teeth, then came the drastic weight loss, then the constant tanning bed routine, and then the fake boobs. Left me on a Monday, jumped in bed with a guy from Plenty of Fish on Tuesday, married him in 6 months. . . Finds out he has AIDS, Herpes, addicted to OxyContin, 3rd mortgage on home and then she went back to eating .. she's gained OVER 150lbs....and, the reason I'm typing all this .... Every week she RE-HASHES her pics on Facebook when she was with me ... THIN and Healthy, both of which is is not now. . . and it kills me to see her get over 100 likes, and love hearts from people that haven't even seen her in 2 years, she got a stay at home job on the computer, lost her license with TWO DUI's, has her groceries delivered to her house, her neighbour brings her her supply of booze, 40oz bottles of vodka. Why do I know she's so fat and falling apart? ...When her husband left the house, he did not remove or delete the passwords for the HOME SECURITY SYSTEM. Everyday, when her ex-husband gets bored, he flips his phone on and watches ALL of the cameras in the house...he told me that she thinks the cameras are set up to detect movement AT NIGHT in the house...I personally think that is just creepy but at least we know she is as big as a house but living in a fake reality on Facebook. PS: Canadian Women who grew up in " the woods" are not very tech-savvy.

[@polishdeathcamp2659]

FB accounts can be used to log into other platforms.

[@ShEDDiNgmYSkiN]

I left Facebook six months ago and don't miss it one bit. Cesspool is right. It's become so convoluted with bullshit that it's just not worth it. My mentality is better without it.

[@justinr9753]

Same

[@whodat105]

I was flagged unrecommendable for posting truth and nobody could see any post unless they came to my profile and scrolled my timeline. Obviously not many are going to do that so I left it. Lost track of how long ago that was.

[@russell-di8js]

good for u, not missing out on anything!!

[@kellychuang8373]

That's really good for you also had that Facebook account there but quit last month and deleted my parts there also looked into other videos about people quitting and deleting that life not just this but any other social media may want to look into that and tell others about it.

[@matthewfusaro2590]

I left FB 5 years ago and I haven't regretted it since. I do check my account from time to time to see any real people are messaging me but for the most part, my account is dead.

[@666Natalia]

Its even like this in niche car groups. Specifically one I am apart of is a volvo 240 parts group, and scammers somehow manage to slip into the groups. I almost got scammed for parts for my car.

[@blujeans9462]

I have never had an interest in having a FB account, until recently when I plan to sell items locally on marketplace. I'm very wary of setting up an account, nonetheless. Does it require a photo of a person for your profile - or can you use an avatar or dog photo?

[@kraftaculousgreekgodofcraf1113]

I love that I sent some mean messages to some guys that were being jerks on Facebook and Facebook locked my messenger and said I will never be allowed to send a message again on Facebook. So I just deleted my whole account because why even keep it at that point … they needed me I didn’t need them But yet They have no way to stop scammers

[@TheRealJellyBomb]

Good for you 💪 Fecesbook can GFIS 💩

[@grocerylist]

It blows my mind that people would send a copy of their government ID and pay money to a company that can't be trusted. Far easier to just delete your account and then you don't have to worry about being scammed or having your dumb Facebook account hacked.

[@MultiCreditKIng]

Unemployment now makes unemployed candidates upload their IDs too.

[@grocerylist]

@@MultiCreditKIng I'm ok with that, so only US citizens get unemployment.

[@wick8101]

What alternative is there and are they any better? I deleted my Facebook years ago and was thinking a coming back just because of my family; but now i'm reconsidering.

[@DEYOCLUB]

Thank you for this very informative video. Every platform has scammers on it and it's important to have these conversations about how to stay safe online.

[@dayofthedan]

Lack of support, yes this! Literally impossible to talk with a real person at Facebook support. It is insane

[@SeekingTheLoveThatGodMeans7648]

Total AI support is so much cheaper ain't it. They must have figured out it's worth the hit in usage due to disgusted users.

[@grocerylist]

Thankfully you don't need to talk to anyone to delete a Facebook account, which is the solution for everything Facebook related.

[@mickwolf1077]

The irony hey, Facebook and KZbin are only happy they get to serve you ads and sell your data.

[@yakovbrod9992]

@TheReturnOfJMVEntertainment yeah youtube and google is way worse

[@wolfgangk1]

Google is the same

[@carla6872]

Thanks for calling out FB. Like you clearly point out, it's about revenue, not protecting its users. My family has limited their use of FB because of this and FB's lack of support.

[@hellomsmckay]

Without users, there is no revenue. The majority of accounts are scammers, bots, trolls and crazies. Their flawed business model is their downfall. Good riddance.

[@CautionHighWavesAhead-]

FB can get you killed or extorted in other countries where they kidnap those they think might have money.

[@fuzzywzhe]

FaceBook was created to monitor people too stupid to realize that FaceBook is an information gathering tool on the public.

[@kellychuang8373]

Yes it really has no end to evil and glad to quit and delete along with never looking back and for anyone else really have to think about that otherwise.

[@nexus9deluxe]

The lack of support is the worst if anything goes wrong. Unfortunately there is nothing else that has the reach of Facebook. Mine own traitor.

[@xoxxobob61]

I never had a Facebook account and it was because my Family had them. The amount of vile and vicious discourse between friends just reminded me of High School and that wasn't a "Drama" I wanted to relive !

[@terrylandess6072]

Remember when the internet began becoming public use in the 90's? All the 'bad' stuff never went away, it just kept oozing to the lowest parts till social media created a home for it.

[@nasal_voicedretro9940]

I though Facebook wasn't too bad, and was useful for talking to groups and small businesses.. and THEN I tried to sell a gaming PC... and I was swamped with scammers.. so much so I deleted the FB account that I had been using for 14 years

[@michaelandreas2177]

I tell my Facebook friends to make their Friends List non-public. Makes it harder for the scammers to know whom to target with cloned profiles.

[@edgarwalk5637]

I reported a scam where someone was impersonating the celebrity in the comment section (on the celebrity's page mind you). Facebook came back and said the scam comment does not go against their rules. And don't get me started on Instagram, where half the ads are scams.

[@seen48]

Thanks for the video. Little eye opening at how the onus is on the customer to follow this through. And FB still does nothing even when they know they’re wrong. Ugh…

[@josh24441]

You are so correct!! Last time I used Facebook was about 8 months (or so) ago. I got my account suspended for spreading hate and misinformation…. All I said was (on the little mermaid trailer page) was “this movie does not look good”. Someone reported it as a hate speech and it got me suspended for 30 days. I’ve not been on Facebook since. When you don’t use it for a long while you’ll get notifications encouraging you to start using it again.

[@warrenlewis3977]

What didn't look good about it?

[@josh24441]

@@warrenlewis3977 well the acting looked bad, it didn’t look like it was underwater at all, sabastian and flounder looked terrible, Melissa McCartney sounded like someone that had just quit smoking, and the other special effects looked god awful (like Disney went very cheap in that department). And then when the movie came out, turns out I was right because LOTS of other people were saying how bad it was.

[@warrenlewis3977]

@@josh24441 I assume that ur a grown man why are you watching a little girls movie?

[@josh24441]

@@warrenlewis3977 well maybe it’s because I have daughters of my own. And maybe I saw the original many times because I have little sisters that were young in the 90s. And maybe you’re on the boat of people that would’ve made this comment go full circle and report me just for saying a movie didn’t look good. The real question is why do you care about what some guy on the internet thinks of a “little girls movie”?

[@smallwang7]

Facebook has tyrannical ban rules. Adults don't need supervision. If you sneeze at someone hard enough facebook bans you for months. People can curse each other without crying to mommy. The only thing should be banned is criminal activity. Fake accounts/scams/pornography.

[@SenzaTempoCaneCorso]

THANK YOU!! Especially in the pet industry. So many scammers and fake accounts. Just put the term "perfect shoot" in the search function looking through groups and you will see. If you click on the profile who posted the picture and then you click on their friends. They're all fake accounts. It's so crazy.

[@jacquieholyoak7143]

THANK YOU for this video! My Facebook use to be a nice way to socialize with friends. I'm older so I found it easy and fun. Years later my friends posts all seem to be hidden and replaced with "sponsored" posts. I usually leave a negative response but we all know it does nothing. I do report these post but guess what? after a few Facebook STOPS ME and says I'm commenting too much. But in the end,... doesn't Facebook make money off these scammers?? So why would they lift a finger to help get rid of them? Bottom line,.... Facebooks greed will eventually destroy this whole platform. People like me who used to find it personal are now walking away from facebook altogether. It's nothing but fake profiles and scammers now. $$$$ and greed have power.

[@j.h.d.2153]

I'm a new sub. Thx much for this informative video. I, too, have been coming across such crap posted on FB and FBM Also, in the section where most elderly folks would go looking for handrails, safety grab bars etc there are a slew of ads for getting cars safeties or help filling out GOV forms etc... Of course all for a fee. Let me tell ya'all...GOV have folks hired for just this very situation. NEVER get help filling out a GOV form...these scammers are looking to steel your identity!!! And probably worse. Hey, Good folks out in our real-world, reach out to look after ur family and friends who may need some help. But I also have to say...dam...sadly there are family and friends who will also do you harm. Our world is full of EVIL!!! May the Lord have mercy on all our souls 🐾 🕊 🙏

[@my2commonsense476]

I'm 66 years old, you can't believe how many beautiful young women want to be my friend. Like, sorry, I'm not stupid.

[@andrewmartin8565]

You are never too old unless you are poor. 😏

[@my2commonsense476]

And that's all they'd want is my money. @@andrewmartin8565

[@WillsJazzLoft]

Unfortunately, your assessment is spot on. Facebook isn't doing very much to police fake accounts. Infrequently, I get solicited/tagged by people on Messenger and Facebook who I don't know. Or I'm asked to friend somebody who should already be in my friends list

[@tamiz8895]

Yes -stopped a while ago, it just isn’t for me anymore.

[@Irishkilt67]

So glad I deleted Facebook two years ago. I don't miss it.

[@codyl1992]

Glad you’re calling them out on this. Most of us have some awareness of all this crap but it’s frustrating how little they do about it. The duct cleaning stuff - that cracks me up!

[@mikedavis2969]

Don't use FB !

[@edic2619]

Thanks for informing us.

[@seove1]

This is right on time! So many scammers out there.

[@SuperQueenV.]

We need to see more of this call out of social media.

[@Budley]

Lon, your advocacy for integrity and fairness are always and sincerely appreciated. My wife and I would like to wish you a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. God bless!

[@LonSeidman]

Wow, thank you Budley! I greatly appreciate your support of the channel. Here's to more in 2024!!

[@KLiNoTweet]

Very generous 😊

[@Niclouyat]

Nice to see some good people out there still ❤

[@user-pp4ve6qo1b]

Must be nice to have money to throw around. Maybe better spent on a food bank...

[@DEHEK]

I love it when people drop this type of money to support someone who’s doing a good course well done

[@videoman001894]

there are scams all over discord as well but I have not gotten contacted by any of these people on facebook or seen any in in comments of friends posts or contacted by random people on discord. Also with all lay-offs that have been going on since COVID scams and stuff has skyrocketed

[@fredlandry6170]

I agree it’s much different than it was years ago.

[@foxglove9]

I saw that honeypot post the other night and thought you might be up to something because it didn't seem like your account was hacked. I'm glad you posted this, always great research and analysis you do. I can't tell you how many times I report scams on Facebook, especially from fakes businesses spoofing real businesses and Facebook will not take it down. Even from advertisements from these fake businesses, it's crazy. Facebook is a cesspool and they seem to not care, nor do most of their users it seems.

[@billfusionenterprise]

if enough people report they MAY do something

[@kellychuang8373]

That lifestyle of social media not just Facebook but any others really can make you deal in a whole lot of living fake and also used to deal in that Facebook life but quit last month also the site had tech issues as well and also you can never know what those types of people can be capable of or if you get targeted by Cancel Culture, PC (Politically Correct) mobs, online bullies or any other nuts out there. Also besides looking at videos about the harms of this life and people quitting and deleting social media accounts may also want to look up this work 48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene and see if this violates them all along with the people living this life chances are they do and that really is red flags there.

[@rmadara]

"You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy ..."

[@LoveClassicMusic0205]

One of the best ways to prevent account cloning is to set your privacy settings so that only friends can see your friends list. That way a random scammer can't send messages to your friends pretending to be you because they can't see who they are.

[@taradid409]

I only let my friends see my account. I am forced to let my friends friends friend me because there's not an only me option. I also deleted followers. I'm not letting anybody follow me some of those accounts are creepy and I don't put a lot of stuff about me up there but news articles I like.

[@MartiniKelly]

Vultures! Thank you for the tips. Can you say something about FB URLs? Some of them are a bunch of random letters, and others are the names of the users. Are the random ones the scammers?

[@raysoucie489]

Thanks for the update

[@Webpromotions]

Ive gotta say i have to agree. We were physically threatened by another user last week (for rescuing the other users dog but made the mistake of asking council to help us find the rightful owner and the other user was fined for animal abuse) I reported the threats to Facebook, and it's sitting with them for review. Unfortunately nothing has happened nor do i have any confidence that the post will ever be reviewed, despite police involvement.

[@ASHLEYSNOWAEN]

It's not just Facebook; many platforms have similar issues. That's why we need to be more cautious. Nowadays, I primarily use Signal. WhatsApp also has a lot of similar spam messages.

[@MrX8503]

Well done Lon. It’s very frustrating. It’s not just Facebook. It’s everywhere. Not enough is being done about scams.

[@CYBERSECURITY.101]

You're absolutely right. The problem of scams extends far beyond Facebook and permeates virtually every corner of the internet and even the physical world. The pervasiveness and sophistication of these scams are indeed disconcerting, and unfortunately, addressing them effectively is a complex and multifaceted challenge.

[@kellychuang8373]

That's right on that then again social media life isn't all what it's cracked up to be and also don't believe everything is real that's for sure.

[@Minicity-ew1bc]

And this is exactly why I’m not on ANY social media.

[@PhoenixAngel429]

Ive reported obvious scams to Facebook and they say "it doesn't violate community standards" like WTF?

[@JeremyLeePotocki]

This is why I made my account "Friends Only", and vetted anyone that wanted to be my friend. Even still I require a actual real life meetings before adding (or know something about me the scammers would never know). I also stopped using my face in my ID pick. Facebook also allows Scammers to post sponsored ads that rip people off due to them needing money. I only do business, or visit other business accounts that have actual locations, and never do business on marketplace (or other groups) that require shipping, and/or don't accept cash. To make matters worse I get threatened by Facebook for reporting all the scammers as being harassing (they too gave me the same response like in 3:19). Their staff is more focused on finding & removing people that don't think/believe like them rather than going after scammers. Oh sharing a video like this warning people on Facebook could get you put in Facebook Jail, or banned if their staff catch wind of it (like if it goes viral). I posted a about the Sponsored Scams on Facebook they removed it and threat me with a ban for misinformation. Most likely cause it hurts their bottom line.

[@HobbyOrganist]

I NEVER put my face on any photo there, not even a real full name, location, phone, where I work, where I went to school, and my wall is always set private. I only added 50 friends to it since I joined like 15 years ago- VERY choosy who I add. I dont get ads because I used the Fluff Busting Purity firefox plugin that eliminates most of the FB junk and ads

[@elainelouve]

Yes, this happened to me as well. I posted on a thread that was created by a virus that tagged everyone on the friend list. The user is 70+ aged, hence I assumed most of their friends would be elderly. So I replied to the post saying it's a virus, don't click. Soon I got an official warning from FB about spamming. None of my reports or any other reports I know have ever resulted in anything. No matter if the scammer is impersonating a legit, big company, or a well known blogger, and demanding credit card info in their name.

[@jeffreyd399]

Facebook will ban you if you make a comment that is anti trans or anti-woke. KZbin will hide your comment. The only comments allowed are the ones in support of it. Only one viewpoint on the issue and any other comments are not allowed. Yet they allow scammers and ads.

[@frankdoss6313]

I recently posted on FB that my sister-in-law had been cloned. I used the word "scam" in the post. I was flooded with kindly anti-scam helpers as you discussed. BAH!

[@user-ds8tf5fx4d]

How do we bring greater awareness of this? I’ve been scammed recently

[@ImpledgedtoGod]

Yes I agree with your point that these companies have the tools and resources to solve the issue about scam accounts. The point for them is get everyone’s identification in their database. They want as much info on everyone as possible. It’s basically a set up.

[@cathierainwater]

Yep...I've been fighting the scammers now for years. I've been trying to educate people in my local area who run groups so we can keep the scammers out of the groups. I've sent so many appeals, so many reports, nothing ever gets done.

[@coreybabcock2023]

Not willing to submit my ID so it can be hacked and used against me someday

[@qzwxecrv0192837465]

I love when I get a friend request from an unknown person, accept it and when they start talking to me, i mention that i have been getting so many fake accounts messaging me and asking for money. I then promptly block them. One i did the reverse face lookup and it came up with at least 10 other websites her picture was on, legit or not i don't know.

[@cabinrentallady903]

THANK YOU! the only video I could find that covered so much. Especially the stupid friendly comments on my posts requesting being a friend. The fattening the pig scam. I'm definitely sharing.

[@GeorgeGraves]

Scammers figured out how to take over FB groups. They promised the admins money if they would let them put ads on their Fb group page. They then used that to convince them to add them to the group's admin account. Once in, they they kicked off the old admin, and set up shop - mostly selling T-shirt. I find it hilarious. Most FB admins are way too full of themselves, and love the little bit of athority they have - so seeing them get tricked makes me laugh endlessly. .

[@cityofabscissae]

Ever since I signed up for a facebook account I wish I hadn't! Someone should file a multi-billion dollar class action lawsuit against them!

[@JoshuaTheYouTubeGuy2000]

I ran into some issues with fake accounts on Facebook, and other sites like Instagram, Twitter, and many others.

[@lambertax]

I've quit Facebook 6 years ago and my life changed for the best!

[@josephang9927]

A lot of accounts are being cloned by scammers. Very sad for the elderly.

[@mikedavis2969]

Don't use FB !

[@richardpena6836]

Great video. That is one of the reasons I stopped using social media. They'll never fix it because scammers have to watch ads too.

[@jamespeters2859]

Thanks for making this video! 👊🏼

[@mksundstrom]

We have a national 2-factor digital ID here in Denmark. The verification service is also centrally hosted and if Facebook was to employ this service, they would not be able to get any of the verification data I submit. It would cost Meta a tiny one time fee per verification, so there would be no need to charge a monthly fee considering how much it would improve reliability of their products.

[@ebaylistinginfo]

I totally agree with you on everything. Even one time I had a payment issue with FB, as well as someone using my personals info and pictures to impersonate me on FB. It was impossible to find any help/support to fix it. Since I live at 30mn by car from their main headquarter, I decided to just go there to find some help. I've been always polite, and never threatened anyone. Instead, they sent me security guards, which kicked me out right away, without even listening to my issues.

[@ASHLEYSNOWAEN]

It's not just Facebook; many platforms have similar issues. That's why we need to be more cautious. Nowadays, I primarily use Signal. WhatsApp also has a lot of similar spam messages.

[@suncat9]

I deactivated my fb account in 2020. I now only go onto fb twice per year to catch-up with some old friends. Although, like Lon says, they often fail to take-down scammer accounts, they have no problem quickly censoring alternative points of view that don't conform to their political or medical narratives. Among teens and people in their 20s, fb hasn't been cool or cutting edge for many years. They see it as a social network for their parent's generation. The future of fb isn't bright. If it disappeared, I wouldn't be shedding any tears!

[@thewatcherofawesomecontent]

I'm 34 and I deleted my account when I was 22 (Back in 2012). Even way back then I saw the direction the platform was heading in, and all the warning signs, IT DIDN'T LOOK GOOD! Oh and what a shock! I was right! I've been praying for it's downfall, especially when psychologists linked to the tobacco/gambling industry came out and said they worked with Facebook to make the platform as addicting as possible! That's evil. The damage done to society should be studied and written in the history books. Horrible platform and shame on all those who created it.

[@TheRealJellyBomb]

If the entire internet disappeared, I'd be in tears of joy.

[@suncat9]

@@TheRealJellyBomb Why, you want to lose work from home options and have to travel to the library (and use the card catalog) to find info?

[@TheRealJellyBomb]

@@suncat9 OMG, yes please 😍

[@wesb217]

Even KZbin. I am tired of all those scam ads

[@kathyspit7699]

This doesn’t just happen on FB it happens in real life too. In 2016 our house caught fire. Fortunately the fire department was able to save our home, but we had significant damages. I was standing across the street watching our house burn and the fire dept was putting out the fire, I was approached by a young woman wearing wearing jeans and a tshirt saying she owns a business that restores fire damaged homes. I asked her for a business card and she said she would be right back with one and left. She returned about 5 minutes later with a disheveled looking man who said he can vouch for her, and a name and phone number written on a piece of paper torn from a notebook. Not a business card. At that point I said no thank you. The next day we had at least four different people coming to our door representing “damage restoration companies”! Our insurance agent said these people have scanners so they can find out when fires happen and show up right away to scam people. Trying to take advantage of someone in a vulnerable moment is the lowest of the low!

[@GregM]

Same can be said for Twitter/X bots are poised to strike. Amazon is bad as well not removing fake storage that people report. Amazon simply looks at the number of positive reviews for an item and decides the item is not fake. It is a good thing I don't use Facebook.

[@SeekingTheLoveThatGodMeans7648]

I still do read Facebook for the occasional legit thing still on it, like groups that have good admin policing, or people I've known for quite a while. It still annoys me though when a discussion is suddenly spammed with things like promotions for cryptocurrency brokerage and advice, or magic spell casting services. I wonder if some of these spams are put up, not because of any hope of drumming up business, but to stifle the activity on a discussion about certain things.

[@coldhardtruth333]

@@SeekingTheLoveThatGodMeans7648 exactly

[@Sinister392]

Facebook is a joke , I’ve reported multiple scams to them , and nothing gets done . I’m glad someone made a video about Fakebook. You should do videos on the specific scams, there are so many ! I usually friend a scam account and toy with them before contacting Facebook . That platform is a joke anymore. Great video !

[@henrycarlson7514]

Interesting , Thank You

[@user-zx4gn9so3j]

I know!