Re: eBay/AdSense scam
Op Tue, 15 Aug 2006 23:47:05 +0200 schreef Borek:
> On Tue, 15 Aug 2006 23:26:33 +0200, Jan Paul van de Berg
> <janp@ulvandebe.rg> wrote:
>
>>> Have you seen that? I have received it several times in the last weeks.
>>> Mail looks like info sent by eBay to someone selling laptop (or
>>> something
>>> similar). There is a link to the auction - but url is not that of eBay,
>>> but some AdSense account incrementation. As I understand it the idea is
>>> that you will click just to see the auction out of curiosity - instead
>>> of
>>> being sent to eBay you take place in AdSense fraud.
>>
>> Would the sender really believe Google pays out when they find out he is
>> spamming with his AdSense code?
>
> No idea. But if these mails are sent, looks like people believe that. Or
> perhaps just hope for.
They'll find out soon enough.
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