![scam](https://photos.smugmug.com/Other/n-qMqbN/2024-Blahg-Shots/i-8xrP3cc/0/DhXVm5ZJQ2Dr4mbGqJSkrMDhRTbxGzb3Cqw3GQZW9/M/scam02-M.jpg)
With the recent headlines of a major craft retailer hitting financial trauma, fake ads are bound to surface.
![buyer beware](https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-mLWt9nw/0/9MPk552hcM6qgwPKXJhS9JjdxSsVsbvpKt2SxWSV/M/i-mLWt9nw-M.jpg)
During the Memorial Day Weekend, I clicked one such ad. I knew better. But I wanted to make sure. You see, it seemed like EVERYONE was tagging their sewing aficionados, and the ad had been shared hundreds of times in just a few hours.
![scam](https://photos.smugmug.com/Other/n-qMqbN/2024-Blahg-Shots/i-XS3V6H3/0/CGQS57V3wt9NMpd3rvTcLL94KSwXtjTSFnZzXRf22/M/scam01-M.jpg)
Sure enough, the party behind the ad was NOT the business being advertised, and the ad displayed way-too-good-to-be-true sewing machines for $29.99. It made me sick to my stomach.
![yarnie](https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-VCz55cB/0/fZmMGsfpQw5TtfNZVc2bCQd8vmGhbxmZj3jJvjdh/M/i-VCz55cB-M.png)
Of course, because I clicked the one ad, I got inundated with scores of immitations, all with merchant misspellings.
![This just shouldn't happen.](https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-TzdDwj3/0/DKhzsVspTHFTgWZr9TJ3nzqGQhjjkKDVNxpfpLj39/XL/i-TzdDwj3-XL.jpg)
I reported every single ad. Every. Single. Ad.
![what a joke](https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-qQJNFW3/0/CgFpkWLMFVJ9fhWkFKJfQJgN3w36pTzxFHDCKmTW8/M/i-qQJNFW3-M.jpg)
Last week, I was notified by our illustrious Farcebook bots that each ad had not been removed, but I wouldn't see them anymore.
![buyer beware](https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-XxdXzWk/0/DLVqFLKmfDNXQ5tjNNdLc678xjcFq5WkNdWWdLRTt/XL/i-XxdXzWk-XL.jpg)
Because, we all know how critical it is that Farcebook keeps its revenues flowing.
![thank heavens](https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-PLv6323/0/DccHQqjtJL3bV9n3DjtpCXdWWXVvtwsSnXwch7nvr/M/i-PLv6323-M.jpg)
Such an absolutely joke. Please be safe out there. Please don't go clicking ads with unbelievable offers, and definitely don't fall for them.
![everything is true](https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-dDQth4J/0/H6T8fk9kmXV2hdB838MrjQcZqsz6Qz7pfbfz3PwL/M/i-dDQth4J-M.jpg)
Farcebook is a great name for it! Ads like these are one reason I hardly ever use it any more.
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