Facebook TT group repeatedly hit by scammers

Tuesday, 30 April 2024 at 08:05

One of Facebook's largest TT fan groups with more than 300,000 people says it's reviewing its membership after repeatedly being targeted by scammers.

Nick Younge, the founder of the Isle of Man TT 2024 Community says fraudsters keep cloning several genuine TT fan groups, putting members at risk.

He says the team behind the page will now review all 302,400 members to ban anyone affiliated with cloned or spam groups.

And he says a number of groups claim they're selling TT merchandise, but are simply targeting motorsport fans.

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