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Comment on Why Did Facebook Open the Door to Scam Advertisers? by Tasmania resident

Tasmania resident — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 03:12:44 +0000

Beware any advertising for Clear Lift Ultra on Facebook. It is a scam. You sign up for a free trial and provide credit card details for shipping and handling of the free trial product then suddenly find that you are being billed monthly for all manner of memberships for affiliated products and dodgy products being delivered or not delivered from companies with no physical contact details only PO Box addresses. Never mind the cancel any time by calling this number information as most of it is fraudulent and I haven’t managed to get through to anyone so have had to cancel my credit card. I agree with those who comment that allowing these scammers to advertise on Facebook will affect legitimate advertisers, I certainly won’t be clicking on to any advertising in Facebook again.

Comment on The Utility Software Business Goes Rogue by JusticeNow

JusticeNow — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 00:45:38 +0000

There are scammers in most countries not only Nigeria. There is a web developer network in Pakistan trying to scam you of your money. They hide as web developers but can’t code. The example that comes to mind is edigitalstream.com and superfreehosting.com. They claim they are based in the Manchester, UK.

Comment on Why Did Facebook Open the Door to Scam Advertisers? by MI Resident

MI Resident — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 18:27:57 +0000

I clicked on one of those IQ Test things. I even put in my phone number. It texted me a pin to put into the website. I then read the terms and conditions so I DIDN’T put the pin number in. I DIDN’T check the “agree to terms and conditions” box and didn’t proceed further. I closed the page.

And yet, they STILL SIGNED ME UP!!! And I don’t know how to end it!

Comment on Why Did Facebook Open the Door to Scam Advertisers? by florida resident

florida resident — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 01:46:17 +0000

“Facebook didn’t force anyone to click on the ads.” — There will always be gullible people. Facebook should be ashamed to post these scam ads.

Also obvious is that Facebook is complicit - they either did not check these ads out (failure to perform due diligence) -or- they did check them out and decided to allow the fraud.

Comment on Why Did Facebook Open the Door to Scam Advertisers? by jonathan

jonathan — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 07:42:20 +0000

For years now I’ve been ranting about the poor quality of the ads on FB. They know tons about not only every every user, but who all their friends are, and what they like. They should be doing MUCH better.

I get both gay and straight dating ads at the same time. (I’m straight.) Now I’m getting Russian mail order bride ads. That’s spam territory. What’s next? “heRbaL V1agr@” ? Recently I got served one of the crappy IQ ads that read “Results can be scray” S-C-R-A-Y? WTF?

They suck so hard,.

Comment on Why Did Facebook Open the Door to Scam Advertisers? by Genine

Genine — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 07:21:17 +0000

Last time I checked, Facebook didn’t force anyone to click on the ads. No website does. So, why exactly should we expect Facebook to do anything about them? That’s like complaining to television networks about commercials. If you don’t like the ad, don’t buy the product. And, if you choose to click on the ad, do some due diligence before you go spending your money.

People have gotten so lazy now, sheesh. -Mind you, I’m only 24 yrs old.-

Comment on Why Did Facebook Open the Door to Scam Advertisers? by Facebook’s Get-Rich-Quick Scheme [Facebook] « All Hell Hollywood

Facebook’s Get-Rich-Quick Scheme [Facebook] « All Hell Hollywood — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 05:05:21 +0000

[...] If only that were true. As the Morning Herald found, the same ads keep appearing. According to Online Scams Exposed, a blog devoted to ferreting out fraudulent ads, the reason why they’re showing up is a deliberate policy shift by Facebook. [...]

Comment on Why Did Facebook Open the Door to Scam Advertisers? by Andrew

Andrew — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 14:54:13 +0000

“Are they that far behind MySpace in advertising revenue that they need to stoop this far?”

Yes.

Comment on Why Did Facebook Open the Door to Scam Advertisers? by SJ

SJ — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 11:44:47 +0000

There are ads on Facebook? Who knew?

Comment on Why Did Facebook Open the Door to Scam Advertisers? by tex

tex — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 03:15:54 +0000

this ad just just feeds the “I’m gonna get PAID!” mentality that the minorities and other ’suckers’ had when they voted for Obama… yeah, keep watching that mailbox…heheh