Fake listings with my phone number
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Xileh Posted messages 19446 Registration date Status Modérateur Last intervention -
Xileh Posted messages 19446 Registration date Status Modérateur Last intervention -
For 8 days, someone has been using my phone number to post fake ads.
I'm receiving more than 180 calls a day, both day and night, because the deal is lucrative. Samsung S7 64GB new for €250 or a 2014 Golf 4 for €3000.
Despite all my requests to Le Bon Coin to remove these fake ads and specifically to block my number on their site, nothing has been done. I'm constantly battling with emails and reports.
I have to send them a Kbis, etc... but that has nothing to do with my problem.
I feel like this site is taking advantage of these scams.
I'm going to file a complaint, but in the meantime, I'm being harassed constantly on my phone.
Is there a law that would punish Le Bon Coin for disclosing people's phone numbers without authorization? Why doesn’t Le Bon Coin implement a text message system before publishing ads? A bit more security to ensure that there are no fraudulent ads?
Help
Thank you
I'm receiving more than 180 calls a day, both day and night, because the deal is lucrative. Samsung S7 64GB new for €250 or a 2014 Golf 4 for €3000.
Despite all my requests to Le Bon Coin to remove these fake ads and specifically to block my number on their site, nothing has been done. I'm constantly battling with emails and reports.
I have to send them a Kbis, etc... but that has nothing to do with my problem.
I feel like this site is taking advantage of these scams.
I'm going to file a complaint, but in the meantime, I'm being harassed constantly on my phone.
Is there a law that would punish Le Bon Coin for disclosing people's phone numbers without authorization? Why doesn’t Le Bon Coin implement a text message system before publishing ads? A bit more security to ensure that there are no fraudulent ads?
Help
Thank you
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Hi
This kind of "calamity" is a real problem... but to my knowledge, it's not addressed by the law... and therefore even less so by the concerned websites...
Personally, I encountered the issue, well not me directly but my mother a few years ago, when she was over 80 years old.... who had placed ads for "sporty" cars.... (consequences: more than 100 calls in a few days at any hour....)
Fortunately, it wasn't on LBC, but on another ad site, after contacting them... it took a few days, but it got resolved, notably thanks to the help of one of the deceived callers... Indeed, I was at my mother's during a call, I explained the problem to the person and she agreed to "play along" by contacting the site at the same time I was doing it...
Otherwise, I think a solution is to change phone numbers, but it's frustrating when it's not our fault...
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This kind of "calamity" is a real problem... but to my knowledge, it's not addressed by the law... and therefore even less so by the concerned websites...
Personally, I encountered the issue, well not me directly but my mother a few years ago, when she was over 80 years old.... who had placed ads for "sporty" cars.... (consequences: more than 100 calls in a few days at any hour....)
Fortunately, it wasn't on LBC, but on another ad site, after contacting them... it took a few days, but it got resolved, notably thanks to the help of one of the deceived callers... Indeed, I was at my mother's during a call, I explained the problem to the person and she agreed to "play along" by contacting the site at the same time I was doing it...
Otherwise, I think a solution is to change phone numbers, but it's frustrating when it's not our fault...
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My mission is to kill time and his to kill me in turn.
We're completely at ease among assassins (E.Cioran)
I sent my phone bill and identification documents to Le Bon Coin. We'll see. It's quite sad to disturb people, I don't understand the point. Anyway, thank you.
In fact, it did not happen again.
I haven't researched consumer associations... or anything else... Because indeed, it's not really clear who to turn to in these cases... It is also always annoying to have to justify oneself by sending copies of official documents... can we trust the websites for the confidentiality of what we transmit to them?...
If this persists....
I think the only solution is to find the ad where the number appears, take screenshots and send a registered letter with acknowledgment of receipt to the advertising site, demanding the removal of the relevant ad, and then file a complaint for "identity theft" against X (the author of the ad) and against LBC for complicity in identity theft... if they do not comply.... But at this level, at a minimum, I would seek advice from a lawyer (free consultations in courts => info/places/times in town halls and in courts)
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