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What's the worst scam you've fallen for (or gotten close to falling for)? (lemmy.world)

submitted 9 months ago by Snapz@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] derpgon@programming.dev 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

But those ads did not really do much besides being annoying. I've never heard of anyone who went through those ads and continued - because, 99% of the time, it redirected to some shady site that absolutely didn't play into the millionth customer shebang.

[–] MeetInPotatoes@lemmy.ml 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Right, this is of the "gotten close to falling for" type.

[–] derpgon@programming.dev 1 points 9 months ago

I mean, if one is gullible enough to click the ad might aswell check the porn behind it 🤷