Why was my question banned?

[chrisrob]

I posted a question here because I am extremely worried about afriend of my wife who has been caught up in a scam that could ultimately mean her paying with her life or all her family and friends losing all they have to pay ransom.
It was accidentally posted initially under Business & Finance as I hit the wrong header. It hasn't been banned there.
But why should it have been banned at all? It is a legitimate question we're desperate to get help with.

[daffy654]

If you are so concerned go to the police and discuss it with them.

[daffy654]

The scam not the post being removed.lol

[samsong7]

It was probably banned because it has been posted twice, even though it was posted in separate topics.

[Marijn]

What makes you think it's been banned? It's still there in Share Dealing.

[Buenchico]

Answerbank has an automatic filter to detect duplicate posts. It works irrespective of the categories under which the question is posted. It's designed to prevent 'cross-posting' of questions over several categories (which is a breach of AB's rules).

So the removal of your question is nothing personal. It's simply AB's software doing its job.

Chris

[Marijn]

It IS still there! It was last answered at 6.07pm

[chrisrob]

Thanks Chris,
Perhaps I'm getting paranoid though I know the scammers haven't got my details.