do you guys think it is possible some google search ads are scams?

1. 2020-03-22 at 11:34 PM UTC

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   Wariat Marine/Preteen Biologist
   like people create a Microsoft azure site that looks similar to microsoft's official one but the url is slightly different and people who search microsoft or azure on google go to the wrong site and sign up and give out their credit card details?
2. 2020-03-22 at 11:49 PM UTC

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   aldra JIDF Controlled Opposition
   there are plenty that are scams, just typically a little more complex than that
   
   
   I remember in the 90s/2000s when paypal was first getting started up someone registered paypai.com and sent spam emails with the I capitalised, I think it was the first large-scale phishing attack
3. 2020-03-22 at 11:51 PM UTC

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   WellHung Black Hole (banned)

   Originally posted by aldra there are plenty that are scams, just typically a little more complex than that
   
   
   I remember in the 90s/2000s when paypal was first getting started up someone registered paypai.com and sent spam emails with the I capitalised, I think it was the first large-scale phishing attack

   
   Had you fucked any niggers by that point, aldra?
4. 2020-03-22 at 11:52 PM UTC

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   aldra JIDF Controlled Opposition
   no I don't think I ever have
   
   well, depending on how you classify the philippines
5. 2020-03-22 at 11:58 PM UTC

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   Wariat Marine/Preteen Biologist

   Originally posted by aldra there are plenty that are scams, just typically a little more complex than that
   
   
   I remember in the 90s/2000s when paypal was first getting started up someone registered paypai.com and sent spam emails with the I capitalised, I think it was the first large-scale phishing attack

   
   But how were they not easily caught apprehended and jailed for such a scam? I mean just to register a site say with godaddy an url I mean is very traceable.
6. 2020-03-22 at 11:59 PM UTC

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   Wariat Marine/Preteen Biologist
   Plus ouldnt they risk losing their entire account with godaddy due to customer complaints and possibly with google or whatever site creation software they use?
7. 2020-03-23 at 12 AM UTC

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   aldra JIDF Controlled Opposition
   this was back in the late 90s/early 2000s, enforcement wasn't nearly as strict
8. 2020-03-23 at 12 AM UTC

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   WellHung Black Hole (banned)

   Originally posted by Wariat Plus ouldnt they risk losing their entire account with godaddy due to customer complaints and possibly with google or whatever site creation software they use?

   
   Wariat fear the virus