Scam ads rampant on popular social platforms

A CHOICE investigation has found that digital platforms like Google and Meta are failing to stop scam ads that spoof the websites of popular Australian retailers, including Country Road, Peter Alexander, Seed Heritage, Decjuba, Lorna Jane, Sportsgirl and Kathmandu.

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We show screenshots of real and fake websites that were advertised on Google to CHOICE staff to see how hard it is to spot a real website:

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From Yahoo Finance maybe not exactly social media but a popular platform nonetheless.

The second link is as expected

and no surprise, clicking renew begets

a bit later - same scam links

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