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I don’t know exactly what it is but I’m sure that’s it
Sure, it’s either of an investment scam, a tech supoort scam, a side job scam, or a subspecies of those. I can recognize it at a glance, because, statistically speaking, they make up 70% of Japanese ads in my YouTube feed, as of November 2025. Google really wants me to get scammed for some unknown…
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Pokka Vending Machine Place List
The markers on Google Maps below are of all the places I’ve seen, so far, the vending machines around Tokyo that sell my favorite canned coffee Pokka “冴えるBLACK (Saeru BLACK)”. I’m not a coffee enthusiast, and mostly can’t taste the difference from other brands. But this one weirdly tastes a little milky to me, even…
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LUUP App has a Serious Problem (Resolved, kinda)
So, I had a lot to say about the app for LUUP, the bike/scooter-sharing service in Tokyo, and had contact with the support center. I sent the email, but now I’m regretting that it shouldn’t have been this aggressive and long.Update on Dec 25, 2025: Some parts of the issues are fixed through several updates.…
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How to get Free Money by Automated Bitcoin trade @web3found (SCAM)
Google Ads just dropped the video on my YouTube feed where the man explains how to get free money with his smart contract bot on the blockchain. I know nothing about Bitcoin, darkweb, Web3, or Ethereum, but watched it anyway. Can I make $4K /day?https://youtu.be/Mx1XaYoHFq8 The video (link) has been uploaded as an unlisted video…
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Our AI Manipulates your Financials. You’ll Love it, Feed it
If you decided to hire a real estate negotiation agent instead of negotiating with each individual buyer, you have to first negotiate with those agents. It’s already burdensome, but these agents decided to add another layer of burden for sellers. Their ads proudly recommend you provide details of your real estate so that their AIs…
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Lovead Limited Investment Scam Ad for Mobile (ニセ堀江貴文)
TakaFumi Horie Impersonator #1 Previous post on the same scam advertiser Lovead Limited: https://kingofriver.com/still-%e3%83%86%e3%82%b9%e3%82%bf-have-3m-subscribers/Takafumi Horie is a Japanese entrepreneur who founded Livedoor. His estimated net worth is $640-$50 mil (2004-2018).Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takafumi_Horie TakaFumi Horie Impersonator #2 Transcript (Exact same for the impersonator #1/#2 LOL) (Transcript/Japanese Original)マジで言うけど、今のまま株やってたら終わるよ。やばい。3銘柄もうすぐ暴落するのに常弱どもは日経バブルだって浮かれてる。バカかよ。俺は毎日市場の裏側まで全部データで叩いてチェックしてんの。過去にも何度も当ててきたし、今回も警告出してる。しかも逆にこれから500級に跳ねる爆上げ銘柄も無料で全部LINEで配信する。費用0。登録だけ。これで動かない奴は正真正銘の情報弱者。給料だけで生きられる時代なんて終わってるのに、いつまで思考停止してんだ? 投資って難しそうって思ってる暇があったら今すぐLINE追加して情報を取れ。失う前に動け。お前の資産を守れるのは気づいた今、この瞬間だけだ、迷うやつ全員沈む。 (Transcript/Translated by Google)I’m serious, if you continue investing in…
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Fake Media Outlet Scam Ads Continue on YT
🔁 日本語に切り替える / Switch to Japanese Once they were all deceased, but they’ve already been relaunched.Previously: https://kingofriver.com/fake-media-outlet-websites/I’m no longer wasting my time reporting them to Google. Instead, I just add the journal entry and block it whenever I see them. Luckily, it’s so obvious by being written in Japanese that I don’t need to investigate what…
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Just an Average Ad for Japanese Male Hair Loss Treatment
This is one of the typical, unimpressive, trashy YouTube ads, like many other bullsh*t ads I routinely see 10-20 times a day. They are so abundantly common everywhere on the internet that I could even see them 200 times a day if I spent my time online entirely outside of YouTube. I mean, Google is…
