AlsoPaisleyCat 🇨🇦

Ok, this is a thing for anyone still on the xtwitter.

“Ads featuring fake CBC articles have inundated the social media platform X in recent weeks. The ads are designed to lure Canadians into a sophisticated scam that uses Russian internet infrastructure, CBC News has found. 

CBC News' visual investigations unit has investigated both the internet infrastructure behind the ads — leading from a Barrie, Ont., provider, to the Netherlands, to Russia — as well as the spoofed accounts from local businesses sharing the ads.”

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/cbc-ads-fake-investment-scheme-1.7439812

#disinformation #CBC #Fraud #Fakes #Advertising #Spoofed

Fake CBC ads have flooded X with sketchy headlines. We looked for the source | CBC News

X users have been subjected to a flood of ads that feature fake CBC headlines, leading to fake CBC-style articles. In the end, it’s part of an international investment scheme.

CBC
Jan 25, 2025 at 4:28pmWeb
Show threadCrystal_Fish_CavesJan 25, 2025

@AlsoPaisleyCat Don't we have any GOOD billionaires (yeah I know, oxymoron) to make a new Twitter so the real people will get the hell off that dumpster fire of a platform?

Looking at you , Mark Cuban!