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Nov 12, 2026 7:30 AM UTC
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Have other people seen a group that has popped up on Facebook about OVO?

The group is called “ovo energy complaints support” and seems to use the OVO logo as its identifier. Is this an official OVO group on Facebook?

Bradley_OVO
Bradley_OVOBest Answer
Community Leader
Nov 12, 2026 11:49 AM UTC

Update: Group has been reported - Will now be down to Facebook to follow up on said report. 

Thanks for raising ​@Blastoise186 ​@Bendog ​@Nukecad 

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Blastoise186
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Super User
Nov 12, 2026 7:53 AM UTC

Nope. There is no official group. The closest to that is this forum.

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Nukecad
Super User
Super User
Nov 12, 2026 10:54 AM UTC

There are so many whingeing posts about OVO (and every other energy suppliers, (if not every company you can think of)  on Faceache that it’s difficult to know which one you are meaning.

This one perhaps created on 4 April 2026 : https://www.facebook.com/groups/1611189440169829/

I’d ignore it, TBH I generally ignore Faceache in it’s entirety.

 

Out of beer error >>>> Recovering memory.
Blastoise186
Super User
Super User
Nov 12, 2026 10:59 AM UTC

Hmm… Totally legitimate email address on that thing...

Sorry ​@Bradley_OVO but it looks like we have an imposter situation there… Could you swing by?

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Nukecad
Super User
Super User
Nov 12, 2026 11:28 AM UTC

You mean this obvious fake:
 

WARNING - DO NOT email that address it is a fake.

 

I do also note that the admin and mods for that group appear to be based overseas.

Looks to me like a phishing scam to collect customer details.

(We have recently had a rash of fake support posts on CCleaner forum where I moderate, they were posting on the genuine CCleaner forum offering fake support in the USA and Canada. Took a while to block them off).

Out of beer error >>>> Recovering memory.
Bradley_OVO
Community Manager
Community Leader
Nov 12, 2026 11:42 AM UTC

Thanks both ​@Nukecad ​@Blastoise186 

I’ll raise and report this internally and hopefully we can get that removed asap.

I'm not lazy, I'm just in energy saving mode!
Bradley_OVO
Community Manager
Bradley_OVOBest Answer
Community Leader
Nov 12, 2026 11:49 AM UTC

Update: Group has been reported - Will now be down to Facebook to follow up on said report. 

Thanks for raising ​@Blastoise186 ​@Bendog ​@Nukecad 

I'm not lazy, I'm just in energy saving mode!
Blastoise186
Super User
Super User
Nov 12, 2026 2:07 PM UTC

Looks like they spotted us - they’ve now added a fake verification checkmark to the group name via an emoji or unicode. As if that’ll help shake Bradley off… Spoiler: It won’t.

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BendogAuthor
Rank 12
Nov 12, 2026 6:48 PM UTC

There are a whole raft of these groups that are targeting different energy companies. I have not been aware of them until this week.

Nukecad
Super User
Super User
Nov 13, 2026 5:39 PM UTC

They are not really targeting the companies, they are targeting gullible customers in the hope that they wiil engage with the fake email address and give personal, or even  banking, details. (Great news, we can get you a refund for your complaint, just give us your bank account numbers - and then we'll empty it).

You have to wonder how many of the complaining posts are also fake and how many are actually real people falling into the trap.

Out of beer error >>>> Recovering memory.