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Martin Lewis says Meta scam ads stealing his name are 'worse than ever'

Summary by Press Gazette
Financial journalist Martin Lewis CBE has said social media scam ads that use his name and face to dupe unsuspecting consumers have become “worse than ever”. Lewis sued Facebook for defamation in 2018 over ads appearing on the platform which stole his image and settled the case after Meta agreed to donate £3m to charity and create a new reporting button. But such ads continue to proliferate years later, conning people out of money by wrongly mak…

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Press Gazette broke the news on Thursday, April 30, 2026.
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