MyGov scams proliferate because people don't know how to spot them. I got a scam (and spotted it), but I've used it to write a quick guide to help others avoid them. Might seem obvious to you... but these work because people fall for them, and I HATE that this happens.
@alexkidman Going off on a tangent, did you manually change that genpic to have “SCAM” correctly spelt or have they improved on that?
This article would come across better if not for the other scams filling up the page.
It's a real nightmare isn't it.
Bigger companies have no soul to lose anyway so they're fine with the deal. Smaller operations (even my little blog) have a headache trying to ethically build a revenue model. I don't recall Google Adsense ever offering tools that would eliminate dodgy ads.
And Facebook looks like they built a literal ecosystem around crypto scams.
I ended up removing all advertising from my website over a decade ago.
Instead of selling the clicks I'm selling just a few spots on photo tours instead. Removing the ads made it possible for me to rethink the overall experience for the audience, and for me.
Alex Kidman
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