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Yowza, that link to the ad library really does work. Filtering for Canada it took about a minute to find an ad for a telegram channel that's been active for a y

Yowza, that link to the ad library really does work. Filtering for Canada it took about a minute to find an ad for a telegram channel that's been active for a year, claiming to sell glocks. Is it real? A scam? A honey pot? None of what is being offered is remotely legal here. Edit: Looks pretty real. He posts vids from his customers showing successful deliveries. Appears to be operating out of Toronto? Maybe one day the cops will figure out how to use a computer and do some actual detective work.

dchung333 3y ago
I've seen some on Instagram ads that are essentially human trafficking schemes pretending to be modeling and talent agencies. It's kind of dark and depressing.
idkyall 3y ago
Yeah, I've reported a few ads for drugs that have shown up on marketplace. I usually don't hear back, and actually in one case they responded saying the content was fine. Facebook ads seem to really be fairly lawless, I'm not convinced there's actually a human in the loop even after reporting. Here's an ad for a Bitcoin doubling scam, complete with "Tesler" instead of "Tesla", and including a pic of Elon Musk: https://www.facebook.com/ads/library/?id=308770845058112 https://www.facebook.com/ads/library/?id=308770845058112 Plenty of other scams are freely advertised as well: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/jun/16/crypto-scam-advertised-on-facebook-cost-victim-her-life-savings https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/jun/16/crypto-sc...