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Post by kas on Dec 19, 2010 20:26:48 GMT -5
I just saw a banner ad on our site for one of those fake news sites advertising about those fake work at home (scams) right here on Proboards! The same kind I have been talking about on this other thread about these fake job scams!: kasha-against-spam.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=kasscams&action=display&thread=45So I went to register and complain on the Proboards support forums but through reading another member's complaint about these it seems they only remove them if reported and even then ONLY if it is against their policy which seems pretty slack and scams are not against their policy sadly: - Ads which automatically play audio
- Ads that automatically expand to larger than their normal size
- Any and all popup ads
- Ads which attempt to install software/malware on your computer
So I decided this was worthy to post in the scam section because I don't know if this can be reported or not.. The way to report is to click Ctrl+Alt+R (but one member there said that it is actually sometimes Ctrl+Alt+Shift+R depending on the browser??) support.proboards.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=support&thread=371434&page=1#4208074I realized I should shade out locations like they did (don't know why .. I mean .. how many live in my city? haha .. but there must be a reason) and I also saw that this banner ad has been circulating Proboards for a few months all linking to similar sites: i.imgur.com/QT3CC.jpgcut.gd/I5auAnyway so I reported the ad and hopefully it will be removed. There have been many like this and I wish there was a way to just have a certain topic of banner ads. Attachments:
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Post by kas on Dec 20, 2010 17:31:03 GMT -5
I just got told to take down my warning I have up at the top of every page on the forums... You can see the warning is exactly as I did infact put it on all my pages. You can see that I did that in the attached image. So now I am taking it down even though I worry about people falling for the fake job scams and the other scams I have seen advertised that are NOT against Proboard's policy sadly. I have changed what it says to this and hopefully this will be okay with them: Beware of fake news ads. This forum is to educate you of scams.I checked the Terms of Service and the only relevant thing I could find was this: Which nothing was said about discouraging people from clicking. After all, I did not hide it. It was in plain view! I just didn't want to be personally held accountable for members clicking on any ads and being misled and then blaming me! I never have once said to not click them as I do understand that Proboards needs them for this reason: arstechnica.com/business/news/2010/03/why-ad-blocking-is-devastating-to-the-sites-you-love.arsAttachments:
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Post by kas on Jan 25, 2011 8:40:15 GMT -5
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Post by kas on Feb 16, 2011 9:29:45 GMT -5
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Post by kas on Mar 12, 2011 4:43:28 GMT -5
Proboards isn't the only reputable site that uses the banner services of fraud enabling advertisement services. TheFreeDictionary.com also has been seen having more than one of these scam banner ads: encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/aminalsAttachments:
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Post by kas on Mar 15, 2011 23:56:56 GMT -5
Another free forum service that has these types of ads is freeforums.org I came across this one today: Which links to: http://adserving.cpxinteractive.com/clk?2,13%3Bb273f97345ede41f%3B12ebcf565a7,0%3B%3B%3B875673581,CvYeAB3TGAARw4AAAAAAAEKjIAAAAAAAAgAAAAYAAAAAAP8AAAAEAYRdJwAAAAAAZvQqAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAADfPBAAAAAAAAIAAgAAAAAA5GT1vC4BAAAAAAAAADQ1MzY3MWU2LTRmODctMTFlMC1iYTFhLTAwMzA0OGQ2ZDc1MAA4nyoAAAA=,,http%3A%2F%2freeforums.org%2Fucp.php%3Fmode%3Dlogin%26sid%3D2d9d1b666ca964aa05a1874fa9a5ca84, Which redirects you to: http://ws6reports.com/ca/index473.php This is a FAKE NEW SITE Attachments:
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Post by kas on Mar 16, 2011 1:41:32 GMT -5
Went to that site and saw these things that tell me it is the typical fake news site that leads to a scam with fake comments and reused pictures (CLICK TO SEE LARGER VERSION): Attachments:
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Post by kas on Mar 16, 2011 1:45:04 GMT -5
I took a look at the source code and found the proof that it does in fact ALWAYS change the date for the offer to say it ALWAYS expires TOMORROW: CLICK FOR LARGER VERSION OF THIS IMAGE (linked to it because it would have been too wide for this thread) Attachments:
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Post by kas on Mar 16, 2011 1:54:55 GMT -5
And remember the picture of Jennifer and James of Channel 6? Does this image look familiar? What news casters are on 2 different channels? FAKE! CLICK FOR LARGER VERSION: Attachments:
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Post by kas on Mar 16, 2011 2:04:48 GMT -5
So what happens if we block Javascript (the code that makes the date go one day ahead) where it says the offer expires in one day? This happens: It simply does not show up as the date isn't real but a script! A code in the page to trick you! Attachments:
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Post by kas on Mar 16, 2011 2:18:33 GMT -5
Oh gotta love this one! Just look at that web address!! Do people actually fall for this and think it is the real ConsumerReports website?? The REAL site is www.consumerreports.org/cro/index.htmYou can tell that THIS is much different than the address on that Fake News site: http://consumerreports.com---diet.info/acai-berry-diet/index.php Attachments:
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Post by kas on Mar 16, 2011 2:23:38 GMT -5
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