Found that the scammer has been following me, I only take thyroxine, he left a post offering thyroid medication to buy online. Have reported it. Not happy when somebody is following me. The person is taking pot luck as to who they follow.
Scammer do not fall for him. Do not waste your ... - Thyroid UK
Scammer do not fall for him. Do not waste your money. Just report the scammer to admin. Something needs to be done after Christmas.
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I think this person has been allowed to do this because of the Christmas break.
He has been reported to HealthUnlocked in his previous guises and before Christmas in his new incarnation, it's HU that are doing nothing. We Admin can't do anything except ask members to keep reporting him to HU, hopefully everyone who is being followed - currently 1,828 since 22nd December with his new username - will report him and they may look into it.
They might have NDT but it is very expensive and members might lose their money.
Unlikely to have NDT when 2 of the Thai brands stopped production last year and Thyroid-S not being available for many months and all other suppliers being completely out of stock, with even the most reliable of suppliers only able to offer back orders.
You are right because I only have a small amount myself.
SeasideSusie,
Can I ask why the supply of NDT has been affected?
African swine fever in south east Asia led to culling of millions of pigs in China where most thyroid extract is produced, this led to shortage of NDT.
There was a post about it in November 2019 here:
healthunlocked.com/thyroidu...
and more detail can be found if you do an internet search.
Must have missed it thanks for the information. I thought it might have been big Pharma meddling with NDT.
That's really horrible of Healthunlocked not to take action against this person who could supply items that may not be authentic altogether and the person could become very unwell who purchased it.
I don't think they can stop it because the nasty couple are using a proxy server. The best we can do is keep telling members about them.
Thanks for your reply, I have four headings. home, my hub, chat and then a bell like shape which turns a colour to show that you have a notification but cannot find out how to delete these notifications just looking for help. Thanks for replying again.
elwins
You can't delete the bell notifications (or turn it off). It has a purpose, the bell shows a coloured dot when someone has, say, replied to one of your posts (like I have now) or liked a post you have made, or tagged you. It's just a feature of the forum. If that feature wasn't there you wouldn't know that I have responded to your post. The yellow dot only shows when there is something new that needs bringing to your attention, click on it, see what the notification is then the yellow dot disappears until you get a new notification.
There's no need to delete them anyway, you have to click on the bell to see them and they only show a maximum number so when a new notification comes through you loose one from the bottom of the list anyway.
Thanks for your reply and explanation it is much appreciated something I did not quite understand, you are so knowledgeable good to have someone like you giving out advice.
Why would you want to delete them? It tells you when someone has responded to your post or you would have no idea if someone has replied.
It is now following 1828 members.
That's a huge number and I would have though HU could have the facility to ban this person.
I don't think they can if they keep using a proxy server. I knew someone who used a proxy in Russia and he kept coming back and there was nothing the site could do to stop him.
I think HU may have abandoned ship for the time being. We may have to wait until Monday for this account to be removed from the platform.
I think everyone who has been followed by them should send them a message asking them who they are and see if they reply.
I disagree. I think it's better to have no interaction at all.
Don't give them any opportunity to have any communication with you.
Ideally:
1) switch off the 'Follow' feature in your account settings.
2) Report any PM received from this member.
They won't reply unless you want to buy.
What is the name they are using please ? This is very worrying I need to be on my guard Thankyou for the alert !
I have put the link to his profile near the end of the thread. His name is Thiroyd
Oh no he’s following me ! What shall I do nothing ? This is awful it sort of un nerves you ! Thanks for the heads up 😀
He has stopped following me because I reported him the last two times he was here.
Kazbe
Report him to HealthUnlocked. Go to his profile page (click on his username or avatar to take you there) and near the top is a REPORT button, click on that and fill in the details. The more people who report him the more likely HealthUnlocked are to take this seriously.
You can prevent people following you by switching off the 'follow' facility in your profile. You can also switch off private messaging.
But you cannot switch off ONE person following you.
Many are happy for some to follow them (I am).
We shouldn't have to forego the whole facility because one person is misusing it.
I think we need a blocking facility so we can block people who we don't want to follow us.
Thankyou for explaining this. Same person has just added ‘following’ to my profile. I find it useful to follow people with similar thyroid symptoms/ people who have given me valuable advice, so I do not wish to opt out of this option.
It looks like he is starting to follow people again after the Christmas break. Hopefully he will be gone tomorrow again with a bit of luck. It is a pity he cannot take the hint and go away.
looks like Hu have woken up .... Thiroyd's profile page now says 'no longer exists'... which would be nice , but i expect he'll be back called 'something else' before we know it .
He is still here
healthunlocked.com/user/thi...
That odd , he wasn't a minute ago
Perhaps he has a twin?
Oh wait ,my mistake , it's thai -ndt who doesn't exist. False alarm everyone,
HU are still Zzzzzzz'ing
I agree with you.
Also, I rarely post anything truly personal. Having followers simply appears to be a way for anyone who might be interested to see what I post!
It also shows how popular you are because members are interested in what you are posting.
You can prevent people from following you if you want.
Click on your avatar next to the search box (I'm on a PC, your screen may look different). A menu should drop down. Click on Settings. There are three tick boxes under Privacy. Take the tick out of "Allow other members to follow me". You might want to change the settings of the other tick boxes as well.
I've just been followed too
Send him a message telling to get lost or something more appropriate. I hate people who take advantage of people when they are ill. He is scum and needs to know it!
I will. I'm not that easily fooled and I do know the current situation regarding NDT.
Followed me a few days ago.
I reported it immediately.
He is still here but doesn't seem to be following any more people than 1823 but he does have 8 followers which is worrying.
He has followed me too and have reported it.lets hope after Christmas break Hu will get rid
How can I change my account settings to stop followers please?
Your in a Group that group can see your posts and comments they don't even need to follow you your in that group .
meme
Click on your avatar and from the drop down menu select SETTINGS.
Under the heading PRIVACY you will see
Allow other members to follow me
If that box is ticked then click on the box to remove the tick, that then means nobody can follow you.
Thanks, have already done that, just asking how to remove all the notifications I have received. Cannot seem to work how to do it. Thanks for your help much appreciated.
I don't think you can delete notifications of being followed, if that is what you are talking about. Just ignore them.
If you've received private messages from someone and don't want to keep the messages I don't know a way of deleting them either. But I just ignore those too.
You can stop getting email notifications by removing the relevant ticks on this link :
helvellaAdministrator
Please feel free to email HU expressing your opinion. 
support@healthunlocked.com
That applies to everyone. The more notifications they receive (whether reporting the profile, sending emails, reporting Private Messages), the better - as I see it.
helvellaAdministrator
Anyone! And everyone.
I know that walking into a full inbox after a holiday can help to concentrate minds. Much better than a single contact.
I have just sent them another message telling them what I know about it. Hopefully they will contact him and tell him to stop scamming this site all the time.
Hi elwins .
I have had the same problem with Canadians even though I am English usually without prescription through online companies all Canadian based usually measures are needed to block them the best you can I know the feeling .
How do you delete notifications, not sure how to do it.
I don't allow anyone to follow me. It's a simple setting. Then any scammers have to send private messages and you can report and block them
Spotted a new notification and paid no attention other than thinking why follow me? Brain more focused this am I looked at his/her profile and reported him/her .A blatant scammer for sure.
This guy has followed me three times up to now. Does anyone know of someone who has actually tried to buy from him...or are they too ashamed to admit they’ve been scammed? Would be good to know either way 🤔
I would never buy any medication or such from anyone or anyone who claims to be selling online products. Dangerous.
It's been discussed and reported over the holidays.Use report on his post and contact Health Unlocked Pp
Thank you for posting. I got a similar notification that someone was 'following' me, thought it a bit strange and ignored it when I saw he was trying to sell products.
I’ve got a notification today so thanks for the heads up
Because it's impossible for real people, who aren't being paid, to be online 24/7! I learned this lesson the hard way while I was running a mailing list for people with bipolar disorder.
healthunlocked.com/user/thi...
healthunlocked.com/user/thi...
Thiroyd has just left the building
(which is good because he'd 'followed' another 800 or so people overnight )
I imagine HU will be busy for while answering all the reports they woke up to.
Gone, but only until the next re-incarnation <sigh>
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