Ad Scams and Arbitrage
Written by: Jordan Liles
Dec. 19, 2020
An 80-page story said that a "deeply shocking," "haunting," and "spine-chilling" new discovery h ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Dec. 18, 2020
A misleading ad circulated on various websites.
Written by: Jordan Liles
Dec. 17, 2020
Online advertisements displayed photographs of Meghan Markle and Queen Elizabeth II with big cir ...
Written by: Jordan Liles
Dec. 15, 2020
An online advertisement enticed readers with the headline, "Pour Salt Down Your Drain Tonight, H ...
Written by: Jordan Liles
Dec. 14, 2020
A strange online death hoax about Clint Eastwood's net worth purportedly leaving his family "in ...
Written by: Jordan Liles
Dec. 12, 2020
Our research led to a newspaper article from June 13, 1969, one month before Apollo 11's moon la ...
Written by: Jordan Liles
Dec. 12, 2020
A photograph of "Terminator 3" star Nick Stahl was misleadingly used to illustrate a third-party ...
Written by: Jordan Liles
Dec. 11, 2020
An online ad promoting a list of restaurants closing in 2020 may have stopped breadstick-lovers ...
Written by: Jordan Liles
Dec. 11, 2020
Pouring dish soap in household plumbing, whether it be a toilet, bath tub, or kitchen sink, has ...
Written by: Jordan Liles
Dec. 11, 2020
Disney theme parks have been the subject of countless rumors since Disneyland first opened in An ...
Written by: Jordan Liles
Dec. 10, 2020
Titanic sank on the morning of April 15, 1912, ushering in a series of theories and hoaxes for m ...
Written by: Jordan Liles
Dec. 10, 2020
Actor Richard Gere was the subject of yet another internet death hoax. This time, it was about h ...
Written by: Jordan Liles
Dec. 8, 2020
The real stories behind the misleading clickbait about a "lost cave" and a "gold mine" were actu ...
Written by: Jordan Liles
Dec. 7, 2020
In a year as tumultuous as 2020, we'd rather not time travel to the past.
Written by: Jordan Liles
Dec. 5, 2020
We’re not Corningware appraisers, but we're also not holding our breath on this one.
Written by: Jordan Liles
Dec. 4, 2020
An online advertisement promised a heck of a story.
Written by: Jordan Liles
Dec. 3, 2020
We recently saw the same misleading advertising network "arbitrage" ploy about a celebrity's net ...
Written by: Jordan Liles
Dec. 2, 2020
The vehicle's front end featured a giant ball, similar to the boulder from "Indiana Jones and th ...
Written by: Jordan Liles
Dec. 2, 2020
Two stories about dogs found in the woods were combined by a viral content website looking to te ...
Written by: Jordan Liles
Dec. 1, 2020
An online advertisement read: "Identical Twins Marry Identical Twins - But Then The Doctor Says, ...
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