Hi Guys I never post, but stumbled across something that just doesn't sit right with me and am hoping someone can explain to me how or where I'm understanding this wrong. But long story short, I'm watching youtube and an add comes on. I was away from my phone so I could listen to it long enough to hear it was definitely and AI generated voice. This voice was essentially say that Ramaphosa is screwing the country over by passing a specific law that hurts the poor. So it being an AI video that is possibly spreading hurtful information I decided to report the ad. This is where the first red flag pops up. I notice the ad is paid for by a company out the UK. Which also doesnt sit right with me. I wanted to see what the heck they were making that they need an AI ad to undermine South Africa. https://preview.redd.it/nfaiohhgt3uf1.png?width=1290&format=png&auto=webp&s=7cc235ab499ce4c0ab5321f035c442da25b420f6 Turns out they just sell computer components, hardware and other random electronics. That just doesn't make sense why they'd want to advertise here. So i go back to finish the ad because I'm invested now. It turns out the ad was actually promoting a get rich quick AI investment scam aimed at those that this supposed law would affect. And here is where the second red flag pops up. The company that is being advertised is a completely different company (Most likely a fake company/website just to host the scam) https://preview.redd.it/3rxmqocqu3uf1.png?width=1290&format=png&auto=webp&s=aefe996357b69ac62354508f892f6ab28a811db3 Their website just consists of a fake NY times article with links to the scam. Anyway, maybe some asshole in the UK is just hosting a scam trying to steal our money. But I decided to see if google made their advertiser information public. Which they do at https://adstransparency.google.com/?region=ZA . I found there are multiple advertisers with the same name. But only one all caps like in the photo, " LAMBDATEK LIMITED". And on the google page its unavailable to view the AD. So the point of this rant is that how can a UK company pay for an ad in South Africa to scam our people. And they hide the ad on google. It all just feels a bit sus.... But realize now that the scammers probably just used the companies name and registered it in the UK to mimic the other company. Only annoying thing is that the advertiser is verified on google... so google sucks. When I found all this I was a bit more angered and confused, however I see now its nothing more than just a regular scam.... but I typed all this out so Im posting anyway.   submitted by   /u/Boelrecci [link]   [comments]