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How to Spot a Brand-new Fake Tech Support Scam Site Before Activated
ChatGPT’s funny take on it😆 I leaped at the YouTube ad for “echoforgegate dot com” even though I haven’t seen any suspicious activities yet. But I’m sure it will be revealed soon, based on the inappropriately seductive thumbnail, nonsensical taglines, and above all, their other ads with similarly spicy thumbnails, as you can see in…
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How to Get Scammed in a Different Way (Ask GPT)
This is a conversation I had on ChatGPT when looking into the front-end shopping site for the tech support scam paid by for AKSHAY KOSTA (Journal page) from India. It was confirmed dead on May 16, 2026. When you see a pretty girl in a skimpy shirt absolutely for no reason on YouTube, you already…
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Relaunched Microsoft Tech Support Scam Ad
It’s been a while since the last one in the summer of 2025. Welcome back to the show! But I’m sorry, some of their ads have already been taken down lol I hope to see you soon, but I suspect I can’t. I had to report the issues to Google Chrome Help Center as your…
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Evolving Microsoft Tech Support Scam Ad
It’s been a few weeks since I last saw the MS tech support scam ad in my YouTube feed. Did they die? No. They are back with several new features. They are even evolving. (tagline) フローラルデザインで人生を彩るフローラルデザインを基礎から学び、あなたの夢を形にしましょう。Sponsored・Prestigelearn Hub(tagline translation) Color your life with floral design. Learn the basics of floral design and bring your dreams to…
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How Scammers get Google Ads Approved
They (🔗previous post) still keep popping up in my YouTube feed, and I keep clicking on them just to waste their budget. I’m not so eager, but occasionally in the mood to report to Google. And when I do, mostly they are gone in a few days. I’m realizing Google is not that lazy as…
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New feature on the fake MS tech support scam
Here came the new version of the tech support scam ads, following the previous one. The advertiser is from the US according to the Google’s “My Ad Centre”, but I’m sure he is no stranger to me, he is actually the same French guy, Merovingian.Imagine if one day you suddenly saw a swarming bee colony…
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Continuing Follow-ups to the fake MS tech support scam report
I keep reporting the fake tech support scam ads on YouTube, following the previous ones. This is my comment at “Report an ad or shopping listing” in “My Ad Centre”:This is one of the hundreds of the fake Microsoft tech support scam ads run by the same French guy who I call Merovingian. He was…
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Follow-up to the fake Microsoft tech support scam report
I already reported Google hundreds of fake tech support scam ads on YouTube (previous post), and they were mostly taken down.Still yet, their account is intact on Google Ads and their brand-new ads keep coming in to my YouTube recommendations in the same scheme, so I just keep reporting. Some of them are initially linked…
