Sucker Ads
By glords
@glords (2614)
United States
April 5, 2009 2:49pm CST
Have you notice how many "sucker ads" there are on the internet? It seems like everywhere you look there is some sort of scam advertisement. Offering free samples if you enter your credit card number, offering things like "get rich quick" or "weight loss solutions." Even sites you trust like facebook and yahoo have these fraudulent advertisements looking to trick people and steal their money. I understand that these types of companies may be able to get away with it easier on the internet, but why do reputable websites allow these advertisements to be placed on their sites? Wouldn't it be just as valuable to place legitimate ads for companies like walmart or nordstroms?
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2 responses
@Opal26 (17679)
• United States
6 Apr 09
Hey glords! Isn't that such a shame that these sites feel that
the have to trick us to get our attention? I hate that they
try do this to us! All it does to me is push me further and
further away from them! I don't want anything to do with them
when they do things like this! I am not going to give them
my credit card number or play their stupid games! If they came
on with an honest pitch they would have more of a chance to
get my attention they trying to trick us into their charade!
@glennz81 (21)
• Australia
5 Apr 09
yeah alot of people fall for them to there's one getting around that's like get a free ebook telling you how to make 100'000 per month or something like that anyway. its sees the book is free and to pay a low price of $1 for postage but what you don't relise is if you pay via credit card. in the really small fine print it has an on going 30 per month fee and no one ever sees a book turn up on there door and end up having to cancel there credit card to stop the money from leaking from there account and getting a refund is impossable. They all prey on the weak old and people struggling to make ends meet because we are easy targets cause we all need an easy way out that isn't gonna happen get a lottery ticket you have a better change of getting rich off them than making any real life changing money online.
