SCAM POLICE EMERGENCY POP-UP APPEARING ON BF

[Thomas Linton]

THIS SOURCE:

https://app.finddealsdaily.com/search?utm_source=google_desktop&source=google_desktop&placement=bladeforums.com&target=boomuserlist%3A%3A792827426&campaign=%5BDesktop%5D&targeting=%5BAdGroup%5D&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI4ru58MPt8QIVmoCmBB38UAEmEAEYASAAEgLbXfD_BwE&variant=dk&variant_id=dk&slug=%2Fhub-desktop%2Fdesktop-return-allow-hub

IS GENERATING THESE SCAM POP-UPS EVERY DAY.

I CONFIRMED WITH LOCAL PD THAT NOTHING WHATSOEVER IS GOING ON. NO EMERGENCIES. NO "ALERT."

THEY DID ASK IF I WANTED TO FILE A POLICE COMPLAINT.

 

[knarfeng]

That looks like the ad service has been hacked again.

Spark

 

[Thomas Linton]

THESE ARE SHOWING UP HERE AND ALL OVER THE NET - FAKE NOTICES OF A POLICE EMERGENCY IN YOUR COMMUNITY.

 

[Spark]

That's a google ad. We have no control over what makes it through google's ad servers.

 

[kreole]

It says it's an ad right on it and has the adsense logo...

 

[r8shell]

Browsers have ad-blockers you can install. I'm surprised that anyone still navigates the interwebs without one.

 

[ice-pic]

I gust googled this information.
Worldwide digital population as of January 2021
As of January 2021 there were 4.66 billion active internet users worldwide - 59.5 percent of the global population. Of this total, 92.6 percent (4.32 billion) accessed the internet via mobile devices.
It will only get worse as the rest of the world catches up.

 

[Thomas Linton]

I knew Google sucked bowling balls through garden hoses, but publishing fake police emergencies in your neighborhood?"

 

[Thomas Linton]

Variation just popped-up on a YouTube knife review, supporting your conclusion. It's Google doing anything to get a $.

 

[Cougar Allen]

Google makes no attempt to vet ads before running them, or even to identify who's buying the ad. They respond to complaints, but only after the fact. The same applies to other ad servers.

 

[SpyderPhreak]

I mean, this hasn't been said yet, but if you actually had a paying membership Thomas Linton you wouldn't be seeing ads anyway. Aren't all lawyers rich?

 

[trevitrace]

Hey oh!

 

[Thomas Linton]

I mean, this hasn't been said yet, but if you actually had a paying membership Thomas Linton you wouldn't be seeing ads anyway. Aren't all lawyers rich?

I'm 78 AH, and no. Thank you for your irrelevant trolling. I'd put you on "ignore" but you earned that months ago. Ever had cancer, Jackass?

 

[SpyderPhreak]

I'm 78 AH, and no. Thank you for your irrelevant trolling. I'd put you on "ignore" but you earned that months ago. Ever had cancer, Jackass?

Well, I figured that even a Basic membership doesn't see ads. Seems worth it to me?

If you are ignoring me, how'd you see my reply and respond to it? Sorry to hear you've got cancer, if I'm reading that right.