Tag: Russian Google Game

The fraudulent YuanPay campaign is still very active and is placing massive ads on Google via fake websites, many of which are operated from Russia. We have reported on this as part of our Russian Google Game series. Why Google still allows fraudulent financial ads is not understandable. Anyway, today, YuanPay redirects directly to the payment page of the BTC-Trades broker scam. The website currently offers no deposited payment options. Stay awa

Our FinTelegram team has been focusing on fraudulent marketing campaigns on Google and social media to chase victims for broker scams for several weeks. Google UK & Ireland has tightened the conditions for placing financial ads since August 2021, but these conditions do not apply in the EU. Google is cashing in with scams. We have established that fake publishers in Russia are advertising fraudulent crypto campaigns on Google. The search giant doesn't care about regulatory warnings. We call this the Russian Google Game!

We started last week with the Russian Google Game series detailing how operators of fraudulent crypto marketing campaigns run ads on Google search engine pages via fake publishers in Russia. While Google UK & Ireland tightened the rules for placing financial ads in August 2021, making it harder for scammers and their marketing agencies to get in, Google continues to allow scammers to chase consumers in the EU despite regulatory warnings. Here's another update on the Russian Google Game.

Over the past few weeks, we have been investigating the advertising activities of scammers on Google. Specifically, we looked at how fraudulent marketing campaigns around Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies are advertised. Google plays an essential role by either selling ads to scammers or presenting fake review pages on the first page of search results. Many Google ads we analyzed were placed by Russian websites like the Woodhursta. Here is the report.

Google wants to make a lot of money. We understand that. Who wouldn't? Somehow, the nearly 140,000 employees worldwide have to be paid. With its search ads, Google Search is the company's most important source of income. Around 3.5 billion search queries are made every day, and that's precisely how often Google can present its ads to the searching individuals. Unfortunately, Google also earns a lot of money from ads placed by fake publishers like the Russian BibleTellsUsSo to defraud con