Do you report the scam site that does not yield money?

rubesh

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Yes, it is important to report scam sites to the authorities in order to help protect others from becoming victims. You can report the scam site to the police, the Federal Trade Commission, or the Internet Crime Complaint Center. It is also important to report the website to Google and other search engines so that they can remove it from their search results.

Do not forget to warn your family and friends about the scam so they can be aware of it in case they come across it.
 
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the major problem is that it is impossible for you to report several scam site online presently. A lot of them are anonymous and they use cryptocurrency as a payment method.
 

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Yes, it is important to report scam sites to the authorities in order to help protect others from becoming victims. You can report the scam site to the police, the Federal Trade Commission, or the Internet Crime Complaint Center. It is also important to report the website to Google and other search engines so that they can remove it from their search results.

Do not forget to warn your family and friends about the scam so they can be aware of it in case they come across it.
I only tell my friends to stay away from the website so that they will not fall victim of wasting their time on it like I did
 

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If I found out the sites are not legit, then I would not proceed to register or join in. It is a good thing that others did their reviews about them.
 

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Yes the best thing to do is report such sites but the issue is that majority of the people out there do not even know who to report to or even the process to follow.
 

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Yes, it is important to report scam sites to the authorities in order to help protect others from becoming victims. You can report the scam site to the police, the Federal Trade Commission, or the Internet Crime Complaint Center. It is also important to report the website to Google and other search engines so that they can remove it from their search results.

Do not forget to warn your family and friends about the scam so they can be aware of it in case they come across it.
I believe that it is the right thing for everyone to report any website that is not paying people for working on it so that every other people will be aware to stay away from such a website in order for them not to be scammed as well.
 

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one of the best ways to create awareness about scam website is for you to give reviews on platforms like trustpilot. Reporting them may not actually yield the needed result but giving your review will save a lot of people from it.
 

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It's not too often I come across many scam sites myself but when and if I ever do and I know for sure they are scamming people I will do what I can to report them and let others know that it is not a worthwhile site to join. It's never nice to join a site where you think you will make something for your work and end up going without because they refuse to pay you what they said.
 

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Yes, reporting a scam website is the best course of action. However, I have never done anything like this before. When I discover that a website is a scam, I usually do not join and advise others not to either.
 

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I normally dislike reporting scams to the relevant authorities. I don't have any idea if at all there exists any bodies that can help recover your scammed money on the internet.
 

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Generally speaking, I just notify those I know who are interested or involved with whatever site ends up being a scam. I rarely make a report to the government on it, unless I know for sure that they need to be involved.
 

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If I encountered a scam site, I would tell my friends to stay away from it. I would also write reviews on sites such as Trust Pilot and Survey Police so that more people do not fall into the trap.
 

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I do report scam sites if it occurs in a media site like Facebook. There were so many of them I reported and they were all banned by Facebook. I also reported vulgar posts in Facebook.
 

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I do report scam sites if it occurs in a media site like Facebook. There were so many of them I reported and they were all banned by Facebook. I also reported vulgar posts in Facebook.
It is always better to report a scam website or probably you can go to trustpilot to write a review about the website so that people will not fall victim and it is one of the way to sanitize the online industry.
 

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I do report scam sites if it occurs in a media site like Facebook. There were so many of them I reported and they were all banned by Facebook. I also reported vulgar posts in Facebook.
It is really better to report a scam site so that other people will not fall victim and there are lot of reviewing platforms that one could go report them for the whole world to see their scamming activities.
 

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@flower , you are so right, the more they will do scamming multiple times because they're free. No one is reporting them. They need to be punished at all costs even through reporting.
 
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