It has been brought to my attention that public UGC has introduced scam items, uploading items that are clearly trying to trick and manipulate vulnerable players into buying fake versions of official items.
They are very clearly trying to sell items that appear to be animation packages, but they don’t work as such and are only intended to fool players that are looking for a cheap alternative to official animation packages.
This is just one of these groups trying to trick people into buying fake versions of official items, and it’s unfair that Roblox isn’t taking action against groups like this since this one in particular has been up for 5 months now.
This is just one of these groups, along with many others below that are trying to sell fake Korblox legs that do not work the same as the official package.
I hope something can be done, there are so many manipulative items advertising themselves as “addons” when they know they are trying to trick players into thinking they are the real thing.
It is quite literally impossible to have scam items such as these removed from the catalog. I kid you not, there is absolutely no way to have them moderated despite the multiple reporting options that Roblox provides you. This is pretty much the second largest catalog moderation flaw, with the first being this one (that was recently fixed):
The groups you mention, especially “bypassed world”, have been uploading scam after scam for months now with no moderation actions being applied other than one or two of their items being deleted here and there. Moderators need to be re-trained on how to identify these scam items when reported—right now, they deny absolutely every report, no matter how much detail is given about the item.
Thank you so much for bringing this to light. It’s especially a massive problem with headless copies like this one for example. There are hundreds if not thousands of this type of item, and hopefully Roblox wakes up to the immense scale of the scamming happening here.
If Roblox wants the UGC program to retain any credibility then they’re going to have to be much more proactive at dealing with blatant scams before the “creators” behind them can cash out the Robux.
ETA: The one linked in the reply has been up for nearly two years without being deleted/refunded. Wow.
Thanks very much for your attention to these moderation flaws. It’s so nice to see these finally being addressed–maybe a bug report was all that was needed
