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possible scam ?

Discussion in 'Rant and Rave' started by bigmac, Jun 8, 2015.

  1. Anon220806
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    Anon220806 Well-Known Member

    I use the BF app on my phone.
  2. Aromulus
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    Aromulus The Don Staff Member

    I use Android, and I don't get adverts on BF.
    I do on other Apps that I have downloaded, and if the adkiller apps weren't so intrusive and only work within WI-FI range, I would thing twice before downloading them again.
  3. oss
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    oss Somewhere Staff Member

    You sure mate?

    Where did you get this app?
  4. Howerd
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    Howerd Well-Known Member Trusted Member Lifetime Member

    Only non-staff members see the adverts, according to OSS. I can definitely see them on my Android phone. In fact, I saw a similar adverts to what BigMac saw.
  5. oss
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    oss Somewhere Staff Member

    I think us Admins will have a chat about the ads.
  6. Anon04576
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    Anon04576 Well-Known Member

    Howerd Can you do a screen grab on your phone and post here possibly?
  7. Anon220806
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    Anon220806 Well-Known Member

    Got it from you chaps of course.
  8. oss
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    oss Somewhere Staff Member

    Where?

    I know nothing of this app, the only way I know of to get this site is in a browser, that is not the same as a dedicated application.

    I know you are an iOS fan John, but at least on Android there is no published British Filipino application, if there is one on iOS I would love to know who wrote it?
  9. Anon220806
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    There used to be a prompt along the lines of Download the British Filipino App.

    So I did, for my iphone. I can see it now. It sits amongst my other apple apps.
  10. Howerd
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    Howerd Well-Known Member Trusted Member Lifetime Member

    I have seen many scam adverts on here when my ad-blocker was switched off; the most notorious being UK Immigration Barristers whose owners and employees are linked to some of the biggest frauds in the UK in the past 10 years.
  11. Anon220806
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    Anon220806 Well-Known Member

    It is white with British Filipino on it in the same font and colours on the regular main page.
  12. Aromulus
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    Aromulus The Don Staff Member

    If one googles British Filipino on the phone................... that is the one I use. Adfree
  13. Anon04576
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    Anon04576 Well-Known Member

    There is no App available for this site. You don't need a mobile app, the CSS for this site has excellent mobile capabilities.
  14. oss
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    oss Somewhere Staff Member

    Yeah but it has to be a browser link to the site as there is no special standalone application for British Filipino.
  15. Anon220806
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    Anon220806 Well-Known Member

    I click the app and it takes me straight to the site. On the iphone.
  16. Anon04576
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    Anon04576 Well-Known Member

    Yep must be a browser link on his iPhone "desktop", "main screen" or whatever Apple call it :)
  17. Anon220806
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    Anon220806 Well-Known Member

    The blurb clearly said "download the app" or similar. But I take your word on how it works.
  18. oss
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    It's a browser link John your are viewing the site in Safari browser on the phone, if it is in a browser it is not what, in the development world, we call an app.

    An App is a dedicated program that has been written to provide a richer user experience than is available in the browser, many real apps provide a worse experience than the browser, Flickr being one example, what you are using is just a link, like a desktop link on a PC.

    If you search on the apple app store can you find an app called British Filipino?

    If you can then I am amazed mate :)
  19. Anon220806
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    Anon220806 Well-Known Member

    It didnt come from Apple. No.
  20. Anon220806
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    Anon220806 Well-Known Member

    When I get a chance I will check the substance out. My phone is roaming right now so I am unable to access further detail. It is a BF app alright. You might want to call it a quicklink, hotlink or something else but like I say, it sits with and looks like all my other iphone apps. Perhaps its masquerading as an app? Are we talking semantics here.?

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