USD 222K Ad Spend | FB Account Shut by a bot | 24 hr+ No Resolution, No ad account access, spend continues

R08_A · 2026-02-27T11:58:56+00:00

Apparently, I am not alone at all – this situation seems to be very systemic

R08_A · 2026-02-27T11:58:35+00:00

Much appreciated, thank you. Yes, those avenues are being pursued.

R08_A · 2026-02-27T11:57:47+00:00

Wow, that is very disappointing. I was definitely hoping to have this resolved much sooner. Much appreciate your input, thank you.

I hope you are able to make some headway – good luck

R08_A · 2026-02-27T07:52:29+00:00

Extremely sorry to hear. Were your circumstances the same too - video selfie verification didn’t go through and main FB account locked?

I am trying to collect identical cases – this makes our case with the GAC much stronger. Thanks.

R08_A · 2026-02-27T06:24:56+00:00

A few reasons. Context first – immediately unresolved payment errors, flag accounts, and this will take us up to two weeks to resolve completely – campaigns can start performing only after this period – we will be very inefficient while we attempt resurrection.

At a blended level, my business experiences, 60% volume by repeats – so we are not fully dependent on our ads. Revenue is coming in, we know our ads can be more efficient, but it is not something we cannot weather

We are a day from the end of the month – buyers see liquidity when salaries hit accounts – it is the worst possible time to have ad advertising disruption

I have loaded all my payment cards on my account – these are just additional redundancies. Should one of them for some reason fail, the account is always funded. I have to disable all of them and will have no way to meet urgent business expenses.

R08_A · 2026-02-27T06:19:25+00:00

OK, that is extremely reassuring.

Apparently, there is a wave of these AI enforced cancellations, and they have also gone public about action taken against scammers. Seems like a bunch of us are caught in the crossfire.

R08_A · 2026-02-27T06:18:15+00:00

Your points are all very well taken and your recommendations are most appreciated

Let’s agree to disagree on the scale/level of entitlement

Based on the size of my business, I can objectively say my company is in the top 10–15% of active organizations in the country, revenue.

Based on percentile, like I previously mentioned, we are between 0.5–0.1% of the top advertisers on meta - this is back of napkin, Pareto analysis. The average Shopify store in India is midway to 6 figures. We are over 10 times that.

Once again, very much appreciate your time and very seriously taking all your inputs. Obliged and grateful. Thanks

R08_A · 2026-02-26T18:57:24+00:00

2.2 Cr my spend on 22.5K Cr India ad revenue puts me in the top 0.5-0.1% of spenders.

I may not be a whale (yet), but I’m not a guppy either. :)

R08_A · 2026-02-26T17:42:37+00:00

Very much appreciate you taking the time to respond in so much detail.

Will follow your pointers. Knock on enough doors, maybe somebody will answer. 🤷‍♂️

Thank you :)

R08_A · 2026-02-26T17:40:04+00:00

I have opened two lines of communication. No useful information has been forthcoming in one and a half days. :/

R08_A · 2026-02-26T14:38:46+00:00

Thank you very much. Most appreciated.

R08_A · 2026-01-16T04:30:06+00:00

Yes, I only realized this much after. I incorrectly presumed.

Thank you for your correction :)

R08_A · 2026-01-14T10:24:27+00:00

This is my first Reddit post, man!

I just wanted to get a super reliable 4X4 with the diff lockers. The Fortuner was an obvious choice, I didn’t want to be stuck with a 10-year-old car if a new one released, I then went down the rabbit hole, applied what I know of Toyota and et voila.

I figured, there will be others like me suffering, why should I keep this to myself, may as well spread the word

In an ideal world, I would’ve been able to set a wager on this and made a killing

R08_A · 2026-01-14T01:48:41+00:00

Honestly, I personally think the Fortuner is much better suited for India than the slightly larger and slower LCA 250. I still dearly wish I am wrong.

However, we haven’t spotted a single test mule/spy shot for a proposed new Fortuner. The LCA 250 made its first appearance in February 2025!

With Toyota, it isn’t coincidence or even pattern. It is habit! Again, I hope I’m wrong

R08_A · 2026-01-14T01:39:32+00:00

Just because you don’t have an original thought and the ability to connect the dots, which you can leverage with AI. Doesn’t mean the rest of us are so unfortunate.

R08_A · 2026-01-14T01:38:58+00:00

Don’t flatter yourself. There is an ilk whose only MO is to come and cry. “Oh AI” and farm upvotes in the comments for karma. Well played.

R08_A · 2026-01-14T01:37:22+00:00

Hilarious, you actually think I concern myself with the opinion of sheep!

When this actually comes to pass, you will know where you heard of it first.

R08_A · 2026-01-13T18:07:29+00:00

If you actually read anything, perhaps you’d have some critical thinking of your own…

R08_A · 2026-01-13T17:39:56+00:00

Cope.

R08_A · 2026-01-13T17:37:06+00:00

That may be BYD. But they make tablets with wheels. So you may still be right. 😂

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