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Does anybody else only get scam ads?

by fheilz 6y ago

Niccizero 6y ago
I get some weird ads of some Doomsday-esque vegan cult sometimes. It's super weird.
ravenstine 6y ago
I don't see YouTube ads because of uBlock Origin, but from what I can tell from other people's computers not having any form of adblock, I've seen that Adsense serves scam ads all the time, so it wouldn't surprise me if YouTube ads were the same. (It's astounding how these corporations can hold the mantle of "fact checking" but are happy to serve potentially dangerous bullshit when it helps their bottom line)
- fheilz 6y ago
  I use ublock too. I only see ads on mobile. I have started screenshotting all of the scams I see. Maybe I will send them all to the FTC at some point.
cocoa19 6y ago
Not scams, I've been mostly getting ads related to my recent google searches.
gitgud 6y ago
Yes, they seem to be targeting people affected by COVID, promising easy get-rich quick schemes online...
space-candy 6y ago
I have gotten some scam ads recently, although I do not get them exclusively. One was a 'Jeff Bezos bitcoin giveaway. Send up to 2 BTC to this address and Jeff will match you and send it back.'
- kohtatsu 6y ago
  I wonder if the address has any tx.
  - space-candy 6y ago
    search 'jeff bezos/elon musk bitcoin giveaway scam' and youll see alot of people have taken the bait unfortunately
tomjen3 6y ago
The few times I have seen ads they have been for local grocery stores, grammarly and such. Not really what I would call scammy.
frosted-flakes 6y ago
I get a lot of "get rich quick selling stuff on Amazon" ads, that all seem to start with some guy pulling fistfuls of notes out of a cardboard box. Otherwise, Google seems to think I really like iced tea, Spotify, and Facebook.
michaelbrave 6y ago
about 1 in 10 is a get rich quick scheme, and with no way to downvote it, meanwhile the ones for college courses which is slightly relevant to me can be downvoted. It makes no sense.
dyingkneepad 6y ago
I get lots of scam ads on youtube. I noticed they started this year. Also some porn-ish ads. Got one while trying to show a lego-related video to my kid on my phone... Seeing the scam and porn-ish ads is almost good because in the entirety of 2019 all I saw was ads for insurance. There were days where every video had the same Liberty ad... Seriously, I wish the content creators I follow would start submitting content to another platform.

Does anybody else only get scam ads?

by fheilz 6y ago

Does anybody else only get scam ads?

Niccizero 6y ago

I get some weird ads of some Doomsday-esque vegan cult sometimes. It's super weird.

ravenstine 6y ago

I don't see YouTube ads because of uBlock Origin, but from what I can tell from other people's computers not having any form of adblock, I've seen that Adsense serves scam ads all the time, so it wouldn't surprise me if YouTube ads were the same. (It's astounding how these corporations can hold the mantle of "fact checking" but are happy to serve potentially dangerous bullshit when it helps their bottom line)

fheilz 6y ago
I use ublock too. I only see ads on mobile. I have started screenshotting all of the scams I see. Maybe I will send them all to the FTC at some point.

cocoa19 6y ago

Not scams, I've been mostly getting ads related to my recent google searches.

gitgud 6y ago

Yes, they seem to be targeting people affected by COVID, promising easy get-rich quick schemes online...

space-candy 6y ago

I have gotten some scam ads recently, although I do not get them exclusively. One was a 'Jeff Bezos bitcoin giveaway. Send up to 2 BTC to this address and Jeff will match you and send it back.'

kohtatsu 6y ago
I wonder if the address has any tx.
- space-candy 6y ago
  search 'jeff bezos/elon musk bitcoin giveaway scam' and youll see alot of people have taken the bait unfortunately

tomjen3 6y ago

The few times I have seen ads they have been for local grocery stores, grammarly and such. Not really what I would call scammy.

frosted-flakes 6y ago

I get a lot of "get rich quick selling stuff on Amazon" ads, that all seem to start with some guy pulling fistfuls of notes out of a cardboard box. Otherwise, Google seems to think I really like iced tea, Spotify, and Facebook.

michaelbrave 6y ago

about 1 in 10 is a get rich quick scheme, and with no way to downvote it, meanwhile the ones for college courses which is slightly relevant to me can be downvoted. It makes no sense.

dyingkneepad 6y ago

I get lots of scam ads on youtube. I noticed they started this year. Also some porn-ish ads. Got one while trying to show a lego-related video to my kid on my phone... Seeing the scam and porn-ish ads is almost good because in the entirety of 2019 all I saw was ads for insurance. There were days where every video had the same Liberty ad... Seriously, I wish the content creators I follow would start submitting content to another platform.