Originally posted by e4chris These sites provide misleading adverts, with a link to a misleading article, sometimes recommending a cheap pill at a high price, sometimes offering financial return in exchange for... your card number please... stealing card numbers deliberately or by deceit is a big problem on the net. I wouldn't like it if someone I knew, even me (there was a tasc r30 fraud case) was caught out, so I don't think these adds should be allowed.
I agree that fraudulent advertising should be stopped, but I am less convinced that Google should be the police man.
I am also not convinced that every case you have mentioned is a case of stealing credit card numbers. I must also point out that most credit cards have some sort of fraud protection ie you should be able to get your money back. If you do, then the credit card companies have a financial interested in stopping fraud.
If however the companies are selling you products you don't want, or that don't meet your expectations then it becomes harder to deal with because you might have to bring a civil case to deal with them.
also your bold tactic is trolling, I shouldn't have to put up with it What do you mean by this? Are you saying I shouldn't quote you in bold? Its not trolling, its standard practice on this site and intended only for clarity.
Originally posted by e4chris adverts are good but about 1/3 of the adverts on rhp in the uk are these con ads, I listed them at the start of the thread, and they are sent by google
Actually they got to you via RHP. Why are you blaming Google alone and not RHP? Both Google and RHP get a cut of any money you spend on those sites. Both have a financial interest in leaving them alone.
Originally posted by twhitehead I agree that fraudulent advertising should be stopped, but I am less convinced that Google should be the police man.
I am also not convinced that every case you have mentioned is a case of stealing credit card numbers. I must also point out that most credit cards have some sort of fraud protection ie you should be able to get your money back. If you do, ...[text shortened]... you in bold? Its not trolling, its standard practice on this site and intended only for clarity.
ok welcome back
in the uk with a debit card your are not entitled to your money back and with a credit card you are (via the card company not the site, why I would cancel the site) .... so there's not always the protection you imagine, for me everything I buy on the net I buy over the phone. I don't like the chances of getting money back from the site or the claimed £13k p/m.
re google as cop, they should be, like I said my card is not going anywhere near the net whilst this type of con add is on my laptop and I have no control over it.
Originally posted by e4chris like I said my card is not going anywhere near the net whilst this type of con add is on my laptop and I have no control over it.
Originally posted by twhitehead My advice is to avoid all adverts too.
Agree but they shouldn't be there in the first place. I wonder if google think online payments work by magic, that pixies secure them. The net is full of fraud by deceit - 419 letters, their adds, and fraud by theft of card details, plain hacking. They obviously don't care about either. I notice a lot of banners for offline products on rhp, Nivea skin care, Kia cars, they use the banners like tv. But i'd say they're no good for online shops google just creates a window where you look but don't buy, how can they have any interest in your cards safety when 1/3 of the adds are frauds...
I'm not saying google as a whole is bad, they got there first...
but there adsense program, the blue triangle, is full of fraud and bogus adds. Fraud is the right term as they are advanced fee frauds like 419 letters, and its not acceptable.
Here in SA, we have an advertising standards authority where you can complain about advertising.
However, what usually happens is they demand that the advert be withdrawn, and that is all. I do not think the deal with credit card fraud or other types of fraud not directly linked to advertizing.
Originally posted by twhitehead Here in SA, we have an advertising standards authority where you can complain about advertising.
However, what usually happens is they demand that the advert be withdrawn, and that is all. I do not think the deal with credit card fraud or other types of fraud not directly linked to advertizing.
We have one as well, but it must get complex where foreign / US companies try to rip of UK consumers with bogus ads on the net, its hard to track down ... unless you are sending out the fraud ads... We do have advertising standards but its usually TV ads that get the complaints I think...
Google fined $25m for posting bogus / fraud ads
22 Oct '13 05:13
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